Recently, a combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of the three closely related Osmia subgenera (Monosmia, Osmia, Orientosmia) has been published in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (Haider et al., 2013).
Category: Phylogeny
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Molecular phylogeny of Hoplitis
Recently, a molecular phylogeny of the genus Hoplitis has been published including 23 out of the 27 currently recognized subgenera (Sedivy et al., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 167, 28-42, 2013). Unfortunately, in figures 1 and 2 Hoplitis (Prionohoplitis) epeoliformis and Hoplitis (Alcidamea) acuticornis have been mixed. In fact, H. acuticornis is sister to all the other species of the Alcidamea group, whereas H. epeoliformis is sister to H. curvipes.
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Molecular phylogeny of the Annosmia-Hoplitis group
The phylogeny of 46 species of the Annosmia-Hoplitis group (subgenera Annosmia, Bytinskia, Coloplitis and Hoplitis) has recently been inferred by Sedivy et al. (Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108, 35-54, 2013).
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Molecular phylogeny of Hoplitis
Claudio Sedivy (ETH Zurich, Applied Entomology) has recently started a PhD project on the phylogeny of Hoplitis, the most diverse osmiine bee genus in terms of number of species.