Launching insectphylo.org; a new hub facilitating construction and use of synthesis molecular phylogenies of insects

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Authors

  • Douglas Chesters
  • Rafael R. Ferrari
  • Xiaolong Lin
  • Michael C. Orr
  • Michael Staab
  • Chao Dong Zhu

The Holy Grail of an Insect Tree of Life can only be ‘discovered’ through extensive collaboration among taxon specialists, phylogeneticists and centralized frameworks such as Open Tree of Life, but insufficient effort from stakeholders has so far hampered this promising approach. The resultant unavailability of synthesis phylogenies is an unfortunate situation given the numerous practical usages of phylogenies in the near term and against the backdrop of the ongoing biodiversity crisis. To resolve this issue, we establish a new online hub that centralizes the collation of relevant phylogenetic data and provides the resultant synthesis molecular phylogenies. This is achieved through key developments in a proposed pipeline for the construction of a species-level insect phylogeny. The functionality of the framework is demonstrated through the construction of a highly supported, species-comprehensive phylogeny of Diptera, built from integrated omics data, COI DNA barcodes, and a compiled database of over 100 standardized, published Diptera phylogenies. Machine-readable forms of the phylogeny (and subsets thereof) are publicly available at insectphylo.org, a new public repository for species-comprehensive phylogenies for biological research.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMolecular Ecology Resources
Volume23
Issue number7
Pages (from-to)1556-1573
Number of pages18
ISSN1755-098X
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10.2023
Externally publishedYes

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