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Peter Kovalik

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S. J. Claramunt Tammaro, 2010. Testing Models of Biological Diversification: Morphological Evolution and Cladogenesis in the Neotropical Furnariidae (Aves: Passeriformes).
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Derryberry, E. P., S. Claramunt†, G. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, J. Cracraft, A. Aleixo, J. Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and R. T. Brumfield. In press.
Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution.
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/brumfield/pubs/pubs.html
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x/abstract

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In Press

Claramunt, S., E. P. Derryberry, R. T. Brumfield, and J. V. Remsen, Jr. In press.
Ecological opportunity and diversification in a continental radiation of birds: Climbing adaptations and cladogenesis in the Furnariidae. American Naturalist.

Derryberry, E. P., N. Seddon, S. Claramunt, J. A. Tobias, A. Baker, A. Aleixo, and R. T. Brumfield. In press.
'Magic traits' in suboscine birds: correlated evolution of beak morphology and song in the Neotropical woodcreeper radiation. Evolution.

http://www.museum.lsu.edu/brumfield/pubs/pubs.html
 
Derryberry et al 2011

Peter Kovalik said:
Derryberry, E. P., S. Claramunt†, G. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, J. Cracraft, A. Aleixo, J. Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and R. T. Brumfield. In press.
Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01374.x/abstract
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John Penhallurick on NEOORN today...
Implications of paper by Derryberry et al. 2011

Hi friends,
I just got the pdf of the paper by Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Santiago Claramunt, Graham Derryberry, R. Terry Chesser, Joel Cracraft, Alexandre Aleixo, Jorge Perez-Eman, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and Robb T. Brumfield on the Furnariidae published in Evolution 65-10: 2973-2986. I feel that the implcations of this paper for the generic level of the Furnariidae seem to have been overlooked.
There seem to be implications for a number of generic changes, and I thought I would point these out. I have paid attention to the posterior probabilities of the various nodes.
  1. both Gyalophylax Peters,1950 and Siptornopsis Cory,1919 should be merged with Synallaxis Vieillot,1818. Both are nestled within Synallaxis and the nodes above them have posterior probability of >95%
  2. ???Synallaxis propinqua Pelzeln,1859 should be placed in Schoeniophylax Ridgway,1909. Less sure about this as the posterior probability of the node joining propinqua and S.phryganophilus has <75% p.p. But propinqua definitely does not form a part of the Synallaxis clade, and these two taxa separated form the clade containing both Synallaxis and Certhiaxis more than 10 million years ago.
  3. Thripophaga berlepeschi should be merged into Cranioleuca. The nesting of this species within the Cranioleuca clade is supported by nodes with a pp of >95%. I note that Thripophaga cherrei & T. fusciceps form part of a separate clade, and that shows that van Remsen’s statement in HBW,8,p. 301 justifying the transfer of berlepschi from Phacellodomus to Thripophaga on the basis that head pattern and bill coloration very similar to those of T.fusciceps led to an erroneous conclusion. That makes it a pity that the type of Thripophaga, Thripophaga macroura (Wied,1821) was not included.
  4. Cranioleuca gutturata is distinct from the other Cranioleuca and groups with both Thripophaga cherrei & T. fusciceps. Maybe, since the node joining C. gutturata with Roraimia adusta (Salvin & Godman,1884) has a pp of >95% it should go in Roraimia.
  5. Cranioleuca sulphurifera (Burmeister,1869) should be included in Limnoctites Hellmayr,1925. The node joining them has >95% p.p, and this pair separated from the rest of the Cranioleuca clade some 5 million years ago.
  6. The clade containing most species of Schizoeaca Cabanis,1873 is interesting in that includes several species of Asthenes: A.pudibunda (P.L.Sclater,1874); A.ottonis (Berlepsch,1901). The junctions of both of these with specimens of Schizoeaca have pps of >95%. Two other apparently misplaced species occur in the Schizoeaca clade: Asthenes pyrrholeuca and Oreophylax moreirae. The IOC Worldlist still places moreirae in Asthenes. But there is a further catch: pyrrholeuca is the type of Asthenes. And since there is a well-supported clade containing the rest of the members of Asthenes, it appears that pyrrholeuca belongs with the members of Schizoeaca. The node joinging the "Schizoeaca" clade with the clade containing the rest of Asthenes goes back nearly 9 million years But Asthenes Reichenbach,1853 has priority over Schizoeaca Cabanis,1873. So it appears that the "Schizoeaca" clade should become Asthenes. That means that the rest of the Asthenes clade must transfer to some other generic name. It appears the earliest available name is Siptornoides Cory,1919,Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington,32,p.150.Type,by original designation,Synallaxis flammulatus W.Jardine,1850.
  7. There appear to be some species within the Automolus clade that should be transferred to that genus: namely, Hyloctistes subulatus (Spix,1824).
  8. It also appears that Automolus Reichenbach,1853 is polyphyletic, in that several members (rubiginosus and rufipectus) group with a clade containing Hylocryptus erythrocephalus. The sister-clade to the clade containing 7 species of Automolus, including the type, Anabates leucophthalmus Wied,1821, is the Thripadectes P.L.Sclater,1862 clade. Just to complicate things the genus Hylocryptus Chapman,1919, which has as its type Hylocryptus erythrocephalus Chapman,1919, is also polyphyletic. Clearly both Automolus rubiginosus and A. rufopectus should be transferred to Hylocryptus. Hylocryptus rectirostris clusters with Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides (Pelzeln,1859). Clibanornis is P.L.Sclater & Salvin,1873, and it appears that rectirostris should be placed in Clibanornis. A further problem is that Hyloctistes Ridgway,1909 has as type Phylidor virgatus Lawrence,1867. That species is not included in the dataset.
  9. Simoxenops ucayalae and Simoxenops striatus are buried within the Syndactyla clade, though the node linking them to Syndactyla guttulata has only >75pp support. Simoxenops Chapman,1937 is a new name for Anachilus Chapman,1928,American Museum Novitates,no.332,p.11,12,fig.1(generic details).Type,by original designation,Anachilus ucayalae Chapman,1928. Not Anachilus Leconte,1861,Coleoptera. So the type of Simoxenops remains Anachilus ucayalae Chapman,1928. Also Robbins & K.J.Zimmer,2005,Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club,125,no.3,pp.212-228 recommended that Simoxenops be subsumed in Syndactyla based on plumage,structural and vocal characters.
  10. The genus Philydor Spix,1824 is polyphyletic.The type of Philydor is Anabates atricapillus Wied,1821, which occurs in a clade containing also Philydor pyrrhodes (Cabanis,1848). The two Philydor form a clade with Heliobletus contaminatus (Pelzeln,1859), a junction about 8 million years old. And all three form a clade with Cichocolaptes leucophrys (Jardine & Selby,1830) dating back almost 10 million years.
  11. Philydor erythropterum (P.L.Sclater,1856) and Philydor rufum (Vieillot,1818) occur in a clade with Ancistrops strigilatus (Spix,1825). Ancistrops is of P.L.Sclater,1862.
  12. The well-supported (pp >95%) and deep junction between these two Philydor and Ancistrops strigilatus suggests that a new generic name is needed for these two. The earliest available name is Dendroma Swainson,1837,On the natural history and classification of birds,in D.Lardner,The Cabinet Cyclopaedia,no.92,2,p.316[generic characters only].Type,by designation(G.R.Gray,1855,Catalogue of the genera and subgenera of birds contained in the British Museum,p.28),Sphenura poliocephala M.C.H.Lichtenstein,1823 = Dendrocopus rufus Vieillot,1818.
  13. We also have another clade where Philydor ruficaudatum (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye,1838) groups with Anabacerthia variegaticeps (P.L.Sclater,1857) and Philydor lichtensteini Cabanis & Heine,1859 with Anabacerthia amaurotis (Temminck,1823). All four of the species just mentioned form a clade that groups with Anabacerthia striaticollis Lafresnaye,1841. This last is the type of Anabacerthia Lafresnaye,1841. So it looks as if the two Philydor in this clade should become Anabacerthia.
  14. Philydor fuscipenne P.L.Sclater,1866 and Philydor erythrocercum (Pelzeln,1859) form a distinct clade whose nearest neighbour is Megaxenops parnaguae Reiser,1905. The junction of this group lies back more than 10 million years ago, so probably a distnct generic name will be need for these two Philydor. But there is no generic name available to be attached to either of them.
  15. Xenops milleri (Chapman,1914) is in a clade distinct from that of the other members of Xenops. So it will need to be transferred to Microxenops Chapman,1914, as the authors of this paper have done.
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Van Remsen...
John/NEOORN: all of these points were already noted at the SACC web site several months ago. Some have already been addressed in SACC classification (e.g. points 6 and 14), and we are working on the rest of these problems as separate papers. Some decisions are not quite as simple as you make it sound because the rearrangements would defy most workers' concept of morphological homogeneity within a genus, e.g., your point 2. On the other hand, concerning your points 3, 4, and 5, one solution is to combine them all in Thripophaga because that clade is fairly young relative to other furnariid genera, but that awaits sequencing of the formerly unavailable T. macroura (and my point on T. berlepschi was meant mainly to defend its removal by others from Phacellodomus ).
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Dendrocolaptinae

Peter Kovalik said:
Derryberry, E. P., N. Seddon, S. Claramunt, J. A. Tobias, A. Baker, A. Aleixo, and R. T. Brumfield. In press.
'Magic traits' in suboscine birds: correlated evolution of beak morphology and song in the Neotropical woodcreeper radiation. Evolution.
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/brumfield/pubs/pubs.html
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Published online today:
  • Derryberry, Seddon, Claramunt, Tobias, Baker, Aleixo & Brumfield (in press). Correlated evolution of beak morphology and song in the Neotropical woodcreeper radiation. Evolution. [abstract]
 
Lepidocolaptes woodcreepers

Arbeláez-Cortés, Navarro-Sigüenza & García-Moreno (in press). Phylogeny of woodcreepers of the genus Lepidocolaptes (Aves, Furnariidae), a widespread Neotropical taxon. Zool Scr. [abstract] [supp info]
 
Derryberry et al 2011

Peter Kovalik said:
Derryberry, E. P., S. Claramunt†, G. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, J. Cracraft, A. Aleixo, J. Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and R. T. Brumfield. In press.
Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution.
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Evolution 65(10): 2973–2986. [pdf]

AOU-SACC proposals (Brumfield, Jun 2012):
  • Proposal #527: Move Philydor ruficaudatum and P. lichtensteini to Anabacerthia.
  • Proposal #528: Merge Simoxenops into Syndactyla.
  • Proposal #529: Move Gyalophylax, Siptornopsis, and Schoeniophylax to Synallaxis.
 
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Brumfield (in press)

Brumfield (in press). Avian diversification in the lowland Neotropics is a consequence of landscape evolution, dispersal ability, and time. Auk. [abstract]
 
Miners

Peter Kovalik said:
Derryberry, E. P., S. Claramunt†, G. Derryberry, R. T. Chesser, J. Cracraft, A. Aleixo, J. Pérez-Emán, J. V. Remsen, Jr., and R. T. Brumfield. In press.
Lineage diversification and morphological evolution in a large-scale continental radiation: the Neotropical ovenbirds and woodcreepers (Aves: Furnariidae). Evolution.
http://www.museum.lsu.edu/brumfield/pubs/pubs.html
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AOU-SACC Proposal #594 (Remsen, Oct 2013): Revise linear sequence of species in the genus Geositta.
This is all minor stuff, but...
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Typo? ;)
 
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