A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)

Reconstructing biogeographic history is challenging when dispersal biology of studied species is poorly understood, and they have undergone a complex geological past. Here, we reconstruct the origin and subsequent dispersal of coin spiders (Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i> Thorell), a clade o...

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Autores principales: Eva Turk, Jason E. Bond, Ren-Chung Cheng, Klemen Čandek, Chris A. Hamilton, Matjaž Gregorič, Simona Kralj-Fišer, Matjaž Kuntner
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:82d74b4bb18c447aa30688138ffa86fd2021-11-25T17:22:17ZA Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)10.3390/d131105151424-2818https://doaj.org/article/82d74b4bb18c447aa30688138ffa86fd2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/11/515https://doaj.org/toc/1424-2818Reconstructing biogeographic history is challenging when dispersal biology of studied species is poorly understood, and they have undergone a complex geological past. Here, we reconstruct the origin and subsequent dispersal of coin spiders (Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i> Thorell), a clade of 14 species inhabiting tropical Asia and Australasia. Specifically, we test whether the all-Asian range of <i>Herennia multipuncta</i> is natural vs. anthropogenic. We combine Anchored Hybrid Enrichment phylogenomic and classical marker phylogenetic data to infer species and population phylogenies. Our biogeographical analyses follow two alternative dispersal models: ballooning vs. walking. Following these assumptions and considering measured distances between geographical areas through temporal intervals, these models infer ancestral areas based on varying dispersal probabilities through geological time. We recover a wide ancestral range of <i>Herennia</i> including Australia, mainland SE Asia and the Philippines. Both models agree that <i>H. multipuncta</i> internal splits are generally too old to be influenced by humans, thereby implying its natural colonisation of Asia, but suggest quite different colonisation routes of <i>H. multipuncta</i> populations. The results of the ballooning model are more parsimonious as they invoke fewer chance dispersals over large distances. We speculate that coin spiders’ ancestor may have lost the ability to balloon, but that <i>H. multipuncta</i> regained it, thereby colonising and maintaining larger areas.Eva TurkJason E. BondRen-Chung ChengKlemen ČandekChris A. HamiltonMatjaž GregoričSimona Kralj-FišerMatjaž KuntnerMDPI AGarticlecoin spiderNephilidaephylogenomicsbiogeographydispersal probabilityBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENDiversity, Vol 13, Iss 515, p 515 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic coin spider
Nephilidae
phylogenomics
biogeography
dispersal probability
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle coin spider
Nephilidae
phylogenomics
biogeography
dispersal probability
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Eva Turk
Jason E. Bond
Ren-Chung Cheng
Klemen Čandek
Chris A. Hamilton
Matjaž Gregorič
Simona Kralj-Fišer
Matjaž Kuntner
A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)
description Reconstructing biogeographic history is challenging when dispersal biology of studied species is poorly understood, and they have undergone a complex geological past. Here, we reconstruct the origin and subsequent dispersal of coin spiders (Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i> Thorell), a clade of 14 species inhabiting tropical Asia and Australasia. Specifically, we test whether the all-Asian range of <i>Herennia multipuncta</i> is natural vs. anthropogenic. We combine Anchored Hybrid Enrichment phylogenomic and classical marker phylogenetic data to infer species and population phylogenies. Our biogeographical analyses follow two alternative dispersal models: ballooning vs. walking. Following these assumptions and considering measured distances between geographical areas through temporal intervals, these models infer ancestral areas based on varying dispersal probabilities through geological time. We recover a wide ancestral range of <i>Herennia</i> including Australia, mainland SE Asia and the Philippines. Both models agree that <i>H. multipuncta</i> internal splits are generally too old to be influenced by humans, thereby implying its natural colonisation of Asia, but suggest quite different colonisation routes of <i>H. multipuncta</i> populations. The results of the ballooning model are more parsimonious as they invoke fewer chance dispersals over large distances. We speculate that coin spiders’ ancestor may have lost the ability to balloon, but that <i>H. multipuncta</i> regained it, thereby colonising and maintaining larger areas.
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author Eva Turk
Jason E. Bond
Ren-Chung Cheng
Klemen Čandek
Chris A. Hamilton
Matjaž Gregorič
Simona Kralj-Fišer
Matjaž Kuntner
author_facet Eva Turk
Jason E. Bond
Ren-Chung Cheng
Klemen Čandek
Chris A. Hamilton
Matjaž Gregorič
Simona Kralj-Fišer
Matjaž Kuntner
author_sort Eva Turk
title A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)
title_short A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)
title_full A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)
title_fullStr A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)
title_full_unstemmed A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: <i>Herennia</i>)
title_sort natural colonisation of asia: phylogenomic and biogeographic history of coin spiders (araneae: nephilidae: <i>herennia</i>)
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/82d74b4bb18c447aa30688138ffa86fd
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