@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref20223, author = {kazuya kobayashi and Kei Tamura and Misato Okamoto and Eisuke Hasegawa and Kyohsuke Ohkawara}, title = {Phylogenetic relationships among populations of Vollenhovia ants, with particular focus on the evolution of wing morphology }, year = {2011}, keywords = {ant, mitochondrial DNA, phylogeny, Vollenhovia emeryi, wing polymorphism}, doi = {}, url = {http://}, pmid = {}, journal = {Annals of the Entomological Society of America}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {}, abstract = {Queen polymorphism in wing morphology and thoracic structure provides the opportunity to test hypotheses about mating strategies and colony founding modes. Some studies indicate that the difference in mating behavior between winged and wingless queens may promote genetic isolation, possibly leading to speciation. However, the knowledge about genetic differences and phylogenetic relationships among polymorphic queens is limited. Queens of the myrmicine ant Vollenhovia emeryi exhibit two morphs: a long-winged (L-queen) and a short-winged (S-queen) morph. We analyzed the phylogenetic relationship among populations of L- and S-queens in V. emeryi and the congeneric species V. nipponica, V. benzai, V. okinawana, and V. yambaru. The molecular phylogeny inferred from mtDNA (ca. 2200 nt) showed that S-queens formed a monophyletic clade and that L- and S- queens sampled from the same location did not group together. The phylogeny indicates that wing reduction occurred only once and that S-queen populations are genetically differentiated from L-queen populations at least in their maternal genomes. The phylogeny is consistent with the hypothesis that wing reduction leads to reproductive isolation in V. emeryi.} }

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