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Lim K, Lee S (2023) New suggestion of the species group reconstruction of genus Nomada Scopoli, 1770 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Korea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96: 805-816. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.106452
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Genus Nomada, which includes approximately 800 species, is the largest genus in the subfamily Nomadinae and the sole genus in the tribe Nomadini. Its taxonomic classification is particularly challenging due to high morphological variations, making it one of the most controversial groups in the subfamily. In order to shed light on the complex classification of Nomada species and their tribal position, this study conducted a multi-locus phylogeny using one mitochondrial gene (COI) and five nuclear protein-coding genes (EF1α, Nak, Opsin, Pol Ⅱ, Wingless). The study focused on expanding the knowledge of some East Palearctic species, with the ultimate goal of reviewing species groups of Nomada present in Korea. In this study, we suggest that the ruficornis species group is polyphyletic. Some species should be moved to more appropriate species groups as follows: N. tsunekiana, N. emarginata, and N. flavopicta into the basalis species group; N. aswensis, N. kaguya, and N. taicho into the armata species group.
Bees, Cleptoparasite, Nomada, Nomadinae, Molecular phylogeny, Multi-locus
Nomada, the only genus in the tribe Nomadini and the largest genus in the subfamily Nomadinae, is composed of around 800 species (
Nomada species from Korea have been classified into species groups primarily based on the work of Mitai and Tadauchi (
Recently, with the advancement of phylogenomics and the use of ultra-conserved elements (UCEs),
For this study, we included 74 species as an ingroup and selected 6 species from Ammobatoidini, Neolarrini, and Hexepeolini as an outgroup (See Suppl. material
To extract total genomic DNA, we ground up either the detached midleg, head of the alcohol vouchers or dried specimens. The wet lab work protocol was consistent with the supplementary information 3 from
We utilized SeqMan Pro version 7.1.0 (DNASTAR, Inc., Madison, WI, U.S.A.) to assemble, check, and trim the raw sequence data. The sequence alignment of all six genes was conducted using MAFFT version 7 (https://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/server/), and the sequences were adjusted in Mega 7 with the amino acid translation option. In cases where the length of certain genes differed between the NCBI data and the newly obtained sequences, longer sequences were removed. Finally, the aligned sequences were combined using SequenceMatrix Windows ver. 1.8 (
We conducted phylogenetic analyses using two methods, Bayesian inference (BI) and Maximum likelihood (ML). Different potential partitioning schemes, considering codon position and genes, and nucleotide substitution models were assessed using ModelFinder2 (Kalyaanamoorthy et al. 2017) within IQ-TREE 2.2.3 (
On the other hand, because some models, such as TIM, TNe, TN models, were not applicable in MrBayes 3.2.7 for BI (
The dataset used for the phylogenetic reconstruction contained 660 bp of COI, 442 bp of ef1a, 870 bp of Nak, 459 bp of Opsin, 840 bp of Pol2, 456 bp of Wng, for a total of 3727 bp of the nucleotide sequence. Phylogenies obtained through BI and ML support for the monophyly of Nomada.
Although the monophyly of the tribe Nomadini remains notably stable, the ruficornis species group showed polyphyly, which is consistent with
When it comes to the armata species group, it was also revealed as paraphyletic due to the N. kaguya and N. aswensis, which were previously treated as the ruficornis species group as well, and N. taicho, formerly treated as furva species group according to the
Alexander first conducted species group classification in the genus Nomada in 1994. There has been a range of prior attempts to proceed with the comprehensive reconstruction of the entire genus Nomada, but after he reconstructed the genus into 16 species groups via cladistic analysis, this classification has been commonly used in its morphological taxonomy (
In
Nomada tsunekiana Schwarz, 1999, which is distributed only in Korea has been considered as the ruficornis species group (
The bifasciata species group comprises 21 species worldwide and one of the well-known apomorphic characters is distinctly produced and backwardly curved setae, which is two or three in number on the margin of hind tibiae of the females (
The expanded multi-gene phylogeny in this study supports the designation of N. ginran within the armata species group, as proposed by
In this study, the review of species groups in genus Nomada, with a particular focus on the East Palearctic species, was conducted. Most of the species groups from the traditional classification by
Species list of Nomada from Korea with new suggestion of the species group designation.
No. | Recorded species | Previous species group | This study |
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1 | Nomada abtana Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
2 | Nomada adustaspinae Lim & Lee, 2023 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
3 | Nomada amurensis Radoszkowski, 1876 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
4 | Nomada aswensis Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | armata |
5 | Nomada atra Lim & Lee, 2023 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
6 | Nomada biaulacis Lim & Lee, 2023 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
7 | Nomada calloptera Cockerell, 1918 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
8 | Nomada comparata Cockerell, 1911 | bifasciata | bifasciata |
9 | Nomada esana Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
10 | Nomada fervens Smith, 1873 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
11 | Nomada flavoguttata (Kirby, 1802) | ruficornis | ruficornis |
12 | Nomada fulvicornis jezoensis Matsumura, 1912 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
13 | Nomada fusca Schwarz, 1986 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
14 | Nomada galloisi Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1953 | roberjeotiana | roberjeotiana |
15 | Nomada ginran Tsuneki, 1973 | armata | armata |
16 | Nomada guttulata Schenck, 1861 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
17 | Nomada hakonensis Cockerell, 1911 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
18 | Nomada hakusana hakusana Tsuneki, 1973 | roberjeotiana | roberjeotiana |
19 | Nomada harimensis Cockerell, 1914 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
20 | Nomada icazti Tsuneki, 1976 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
21 | Nomada japonica Smith, 1873 | basalis | basalis |
22 | Nomada kaguya Hirashima, 1953 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
23 | Nomada koreana Cockerell, 1926 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
24 | Nomada lathburiana (Kirby, 1802) | ruficornis | ruficornis |
25 | Nomada leucophthalma (Kirby, 1802) | ruficornis | ruficornis |
26 | Nomada maculifrons Smith, 1869 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
27 | Nomada montverna Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
28 | Nomada nipponica Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951 | trispinosa | armata |
29 | Nomada okamotonis Matsumura, 1912 | roberjeotiana | roberjeotiana |
30 | Nomada okubira Tsuneki, 1973 | furva | furva |
31 | Nomada opaca Alfken, 1913 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
32 | Nomada pacifica Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
33 | Nomada panzeri orientis Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
34 | Nomada pekingensis Tsuneki, 1986 | trispinosa | trispinosa |
35 | Nomada pulawskii Tsuneki, 1973 | furva | furva |
36 | Nomada pyrifera Cockerell, 1918 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
37 | Nomada roberjeotiana aino Tsuneki, 1973 | roberjeotiana | roberjeotiana |
38 | Nomada sabaensis Tsuneki, 1973 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
39 | Nomada sexfasciata Panzer, 1799 | superba | superba |
40 | Nomada shirakii Yasumatsu & Hirashima, 1951 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
41 | Nomada shoyozana Tsuneki, 1986 | roberjeotiana | roberjeotiana |
42 | Nomada striata Fabricius, 1793 | ruficornis | ruficornis |
43 | Nomada taicho Tsuneki, 1973 | furva | armata |
44 | Nomada temmasana temmasana Tsuneki, 1986 | roberjeotiana | roberjeotiana |
45 | Nomada tsunekiana Schwarz, 1999 | ruficornis | basalis |
We extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Jan Smit, the Nomada taxonomist from the Netherlands, for his invaluable guidance and the west Palearctic specimens he provided. We also express our deep appreciation to Mr. Keiichi Otsui for contributing the valuable Japanese specimens. Lastly, we deeply thank to Michael Branstetter, Jeremy Jensen, and Jaeseok Oh for improving the manuscript with valuable comments and suggestions.
The study received assistance through various sources. Firstly, it was conducted with assistance from the R&D Program for Forest Science Technology (Project No. 2021362B10-2223-BD01), which was provided by the Korea Forest Service (Korea Forestry Promotion Institute). Additionally, this study was partially supported by the Korea National Arboretum (project no. KNA 1-2-44, 23-2). Moreover, this research received support from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF2020R1I1A2069484). Lastly, this work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202307202).
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