Sammanfattning

The phylogenetic relationships of the avian family Muscicapidae (Old World chats and flycatchers) have historically been enigmatic and remain an active area of study. Widespread instances of non-monophyly resulting from misleading morphological and behavioral similarities have merited numerous taxonomic revisions to the group. Here we report one such instance with regard to the Rusty-tailed Flycatcher Muscicapa ruficauda, which has recently been placed in the newly proposed monotypic genus Ripleyia, due to inferred sister relationship to the genus Muscicapa and related genera (Voelker et al., 2016a). This name was later replaced by Ripleyornis, as it was realized that Ripleyia is a junior homonym of a genus of Mollusca (Voelker et al., 2016b). Using a Bayesian phylogenetic assessment of the Muscicapidae with near-complete taxon sampling of the genus Ficedula for five loci, along with an acoustic comparison of M. ruficauda to a subset of other flycatcher species, we show that this species should be reassigned to the genus Ficedula and accordingly that the names Ripleyia and Ripleyornis are both junior synonyms of Ficedula.

Nyckelord

Ficedula; Muscicapa; Ripleyia; Ripleyornis; Muscicapidae; Systematics

Publicerad i

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2016, Volym: 102, sidor: 56-61
Utgivare: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

SLU författare

• Alström, Per

  • SLU Artdatabanken, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Uppsala universitet

UKÄ forskningsämne

Biologisk systematik
Bioinformatik och systembiologi
Evolutionsbiologi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.036

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77902