Abstract
The Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria is usually placed in a monotypic family or subfamily within the superfamily Certhioidea, with assumed close relationships to Certhia (treecreepers), Sitta (nuthatches) and Salpornis (spotted creepers). Previous studies have suggested that Tichodroma is most closely related to Sitta, alternatively to Salpornis. We analysed the relationships of Tichodroma using two mitochondrial and five nuclear loci. The tree based on concatenated sequences strongly supported a sister relationship between Tichodroma and Sitta, as well as between Salpornis and Certhia. However, species tree analysis (MP-EST) was unable to resolve these relationships, and although the concatenation tree remains the best hypothesis, more data are needed to corroborate this.
Zusammenfassung
Die phylogenetische Stellung des Mauerläufers Tichodroma muraria Der Mauerläufer Tichodroma muraria wird normalerweise einer monotypischen Familie oder Unterfamilie innerhalb der Überfamilie Certhioidea zugeordnet, und enge Beziehungen zu den Gattungen Certhia (Baumläufer), Sitta (Kleiber) und Salpornis (Fleckenbaumläufer) werden angenommen. Vorherige Studien haben darauf hingedeutet, dass Tichodroma am engsten mit Sitta verwandt ist oder alternativ mit Salpornis. Wir haben die Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen von Tichodroma anhand von zwei mitochondrialen und fünf nukleären Loci analysiert. Der auf zusammenhängenden Sequenzen basierende Stammbaum stützt deutlich eine Schwestergruppenbeziehung zwischen Tichodroma und Sitta sowie zwischen Salpornis und Certhia. Eine Artenbaum-Analyse (MP-EST) war jedoch nicht in der Lage, diese Beziehungen zu klären, und obwohl sich der auf zusammenhängenden Sequenzen basierende Stammbaum als die beste Hypothese erwies, sind mehr Daten notwendig, um dies zu untermauern.
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We thank Chentao Wei and Dezhi Zhang for their advice on software use, Tim Shaw for STRAW web server support, and Cong Fu for the use of the Wallcreeper picture in Fig. 2. P.A. and U.O. gratefully acknowledge The Sound Approach and Jornvall Foundation for support.
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Zhao, M., Alström, P., Olsson, U. et al. Phylogenetic position of the Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria . J Ornithol 157, 913–918 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-016-1340-8
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