A well-resolved transcriptomic phylogeny of the mite harvestman family Pettalidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) reveals signatures of Gondwanan vicariance
Publication information:
Baker, Caitlin, Sarah Boyer, and Gonzalo Giribet. 2020. “A Well-Resolved Transcriptomic Phylogeny of the Mite Harvestman Family Pettalidae (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) Reveals Signatures of Gondwanan Vicariance”. Journal of Biogeography 47 (6): 1345-61.
Abstract
We explored the extent to which Gondwanan vicariance contributed to the circum-Antarctic distribution of the mite harvestman family Pettalidae, a group of small, dispersal-limited arachnids whose phylogeny has been poorly resolved, precluding rigorous biogeographic hypothesis testing.