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Daphnis placida, a new species of Sphinx moth for Guam, U.S.A.
I do not have the submitted version any more. If the published PDF version cannot be deposited, then please remove.This item is licensed under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)). The attached file is the published version of the article
The phylogeny of Anophelinae revisited: inferences about the origin and classification of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae)
© 2015 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Harbach, R. E. and I. J. Kitching (2016). "The phylogeny of Anophelinae revisited: inferences about the origin and classification of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae)." Zoologica Scripta 45(1): 34-47, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12137/full. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
The phylogenetic conundrum of Lutzia(Diptera: Culicidae: Culicini): a cautionary account of conflict and support
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Theory of dark resonances for alkali vapors in a buffer-gas cell
We develop an analytical theory of dark resonances that accounts for the full
atomic-level structure, as well as all field-induced effects such as coherence
preparation, optical pumping, ac Stark shifts, and power broadening. The
analysis uses a model based on relaxation constants that assumes the total
collisional depolarization of the excited state. A good qualitative agreement
with experiments for Cs in Ne is obtained.Comment: 16 pages; 7 figures; revtex4. Accepted for publication in PR
Phylogeny of the Hawkmoth tribe Ambulycini: mitogenomes from museum specimens resolve major relationships
Ambulycini are a cosmopolitan tribe of the moth family Sphingidae, comprised of ten genera, three of which are found in tropical Asia, four in the Neotropics, one in Africa, one in the Middle East and one restricted to the islands of New Caledonia. Recent phylogenetic analyses of the tribe have yielded conflicting results, and some have suggested a close relationship of the monobasic New Caledonian genus Compsulyx Holloway, 1979 to the Neotropical ones, despite being found on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. Here we investigate relationships within the tribe using full mitochondrial genomes, mainly derived from dry-pinned museum collections material. Mitogenomic data were obtained for 19 species representing nine of the ten Ambulycini genera. Phylogenetic trees are in agreement with a tropical Asian origin for the tribe. Furthermore, results indicate that the Neotropical genus Adhemarius Oiticica Filho, 1939 is paraphyletic and support the notion that Orecta Rothschild & Jordan 1903 and Trogolegnum Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 may need to be synonymized. Finally, in our analysis the Neotropical genera do not collectively form a monophyletic group, due to a clade comprising the New Caledonian genus Compsulyx and the African genus Batocnema Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 being placed as sister to the Neotropical genus Protambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903. This finding implies a complex biogeographic history and suggests the evolution of the tribe involved at least two long-distance dispersal events
Weak lensing forecasts for dark energy, neutrinos and initial conditions
Weak gravitational lensing provides a sensitive probe of cosmology by measuring the mass distribution and the geometry of the low-redshift Universe. We show how an all-sky weak lensing tomographic survey can jointly constrain different sets of cosmological parameters describing dark energy, massive neutrinos (hot dark matter) and the primordial power spectrum. In order to put all sectors on an equal footing, we introduce a new parameter ÎČ, the second-order running spectral index. Using the Fisher matrix formalism with and without cosmic microwave background (CMB) priors, we examine how the constraints vary as the parameter set is enlarged. We find that weak lensing with CMB priors provides robust constraints on dark energy parameters and can simultaneously provide strong constraints on all three sectors. We find that the dark energy sector is largely insensitive to the inclusion of the other cosmological sectors. Implications for the planning of future surveys are discusse
Elevational richness patterns of sphingid moths support area effects over climatic drivers in a nearâglobal analysis
Not sure if this is the pre-refereed or final submitted version.Aim
We test hypotheses on the environmental control of elevational richness patterns of sphingid moths for their global applicability and generality. Specifically, we compare effects of area with climateârelated drivers, such as primary productivity and temperature, while also considering direct effects of precipitation.
Major taxa
Sphingid moths (Lepidoptera).
Location
Eightyâsix mountain ranges of the Old World and the Australia/Pacific region, from Scandinavia and Siberia through the African and Australasian tropics to South Africa and Southern Australia.
Methods
We used a large compilation of point locality records for 744 species, in addition to fineâgrained range maps derived from species distribution modelling of these records, to characterize the elevational pattern of species richness in 86 customâdelineated mountain regions. For both types of data, we compared the effects of environmental drivers on richness by comparing standardized coefficients of multivariate models for pooled data after accounting for betweenâregion variation in richness.
Results
We observed varying patterns of elevational richness across the research region, with a higher prevalence of midpeaks in arid regions. We found overwhelming support for area as a main determinant of richness, modulated by temperature and productivity, whereas we detected no effect of precipitation.
Main conclusions
Area, productivity and temperature are the main environmental predictors explaining a large proportion of variability in sphingid richness. This is consistent not only with other elevational studies, but also with empirical and theoretical biodiversity research in a nonâelevational context (with the caveat of some unresolved issues in elevational area effects). However, distinct differences in elevational patterns remain even within the same mountain ranges when comparing with other Lepidoptera, that is, geometrid moths, which highlights the importance of understanding higher clade differentiation in ecological responses, within insects and in other groups.© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: BĂ€rtschi, F, McCain, CM, BallesterosâMejia, L, Kitching, IJ, Beerli, N, Beck, J. Elevational richness patterns of sphingid moths support area effects over climatic drivers in a nearâglobal analysis. Global Ecol Biogeogr. 2019; 28: 917â 927. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12903, which has been published in final form at doi:10.1111/geb.12903. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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