Phylogeny of the Polyneopterous Insect Orders

Authors

Matt Gruwell, Brigham Young University
Dr. Michael Whiting, Brigham Young University

Keywords

phylogeny, polyneopterous, insect orders

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Abstract

Despite recent morphological and molecular investigations, phylogenetic relationships among the Polyneoptera remain nebulous. If this group is monophyletic, then it represents one of the largest and morphologically most diverse of all insect radiations. The Polyneoptera includes the orders Orthoptera, Phasmida, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Dermaptera, Grylloblattaria, Isoptera, Blattaria, and Mantodea, and may include the Zoraptera. 18S ribosomal DNA and Cytochrome Oxidase II (CO II) protein coding DNA sequence data from multiple taxa representing the Polyneoptera, as well as multiple outgroup taxa, were combined with the morphological data to assess the phylogeny of this group. The results of a recent analysis (fig. 1) by Wheeler et al. (in press) are contrasted with these results.

Recommended Citation

Gruwell, Matt and Whiting, Dr. Michael (2013) "Phylogeny of the Polyneopterous Insect Orders," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 1593.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/1593