Study on symbiotic systems with Nothofugus species in southern hemisphere

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19405012
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Biodiversity/Systematics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: ITO Motomi The University of Tokyo, 大学院・総合文化研究科, 教授 (00193524)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHITAKE Hiraku (独)農業環境技術研究所, 農業環境インベントリーセンター, 研究員 (50517662) ; SAKAYAMA Toshihide 神戸大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 講師 (60391108)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Keywords: 生物間相互作用 / ゴンドワナ / ナンキョクブナ / 進化

Research Abstract

In this study, I examined phylogoenetic relations of some herbivorous insects and its host plants, genus Nothofagus species, which distribute in the Southern Hemisphere. The results of this study are as follows ; 1) In weevils, the species using Nothofagus could be originated independently in Oceania and South America, also. In addition, diversity of both groups were high in Oceania than in South America, 2) In Lepidoptera, closely related species of Nothofagus are used species belongs to same genus in both Oceania and South America, and it is suggested that intercontinental migration had occurred in those moths.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Hybridization Involving Independent Gametophytes in the Vandenboschia radicans complex (Hymenophyllaceae) : A New Perspective on the Distribution of Fern Hybrids (2009)
  • Author(s): Ebihara, A., Matsumoto, S., Ito, M.
  • Journal Title: Molecular Ecology 18 Pages: 4904-4911
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Taxonomy of the Reticulate Vandenboschia radicans Complex (Hymenophyllaceae) in Japan (2009)
  • Author(s): Ebihara, A., Matsumoto, S., Ito, M.
  • Journal Title: APG Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 60(1) Pages: 26-40
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Convergent evolution of shoots in land plants : lack of auxin polar transport in moss shoots (2008)
  • Author(s): Fujita, T., Sakaguchi, H, Hiwatashi, Y., Wagstaff, S. J., Ito, M., Deguchi, H., Sato, T., Hasebe, M.
  • Journal Title: Evol.Develop. 10 : 2 Pages: 176-186
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A new Wagnerinus (Coleoptera : Curculionidae) from northern Japan : Description including a DNA barcode (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshitake, H., Kato, T., Jinbo, U., Ito, M.
  • Journal Title: Zootaxa 1740 Pages: 15-27
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Two new species of Hainokisaruzo Yoshitake & Colonnelli from China, with a checklist of the species of the genus (Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Ceutorhynchinae) (2008)
  • Author(s): Huang, H., Yoshitake, H., R. Zhang, Ito, M.
  • Journal Title: Zootaxa 1776 Pages: 59-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A new species of Augustinus Korotyaev from China, with a key to the species groups of the genus (Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Ceutorhynchinae) (2008)
  • Author(s): Huang, J., Yoshitake, H., Zhang, R., Ito M.
  • Journal Title: Zootaxa 1871 Pages: 63-68
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The sporophyte-less filmy fern of eastern North America Trichomanes intricatum (Hymenophyllaceae) has the chloroplast genome of an Asian species (2008)
  • Author(s): Ebihara, A., Farrar, D. R., Ito, M.
  • Journal Title: Amer.J.Bot. 95 Pages: 1645-1651
• [Presentation] Importance of genetic data in comprehensive assessments of biodiversity(招待講演) (2009)
  • Author(s): Ito, M.
  • Organizer: DIVERSITAS OSC2
  • Place of Presentation: Cape Town
  • Year and Date: 20091100