白蚁的较高分类需要像新异翅目一样进行大量修订,最多样化的白蚁谱系,包括许多近系和多系高级类群。这里,我们使用基因组尺度分析产生了更新的白蚁分类。我们在不同的替代模型下重建系统发育,其中超保守元素被分析为级联矩阵或在多物种合并框架内。我们的分类得到了控制流氓基因座和分类群的分析的进一步支持,和拓扑测试。我们表明,新异翅目由七个家族水平的单系谱系组成,包括Froggatt杂种科,桑莫特米德霍姆格伦,和TermitogetonidaHolmgren,从亚家族等级提高。物种丰富的Termitidae由18个亚家族水平的单系谱系组成,包括新的克耳目亚家族,柱状体,Fificulitermitinae,新红霉素,原汉麦科,和Promirotermitinae;复活的AmitermitinaeKemner,霍姆格伦的微麦角,和MirocapritermitinaeKemner.在明确支持的单系谱系的基础上建立更新的分类学分类,使其高度适应新的系统发育标记和方法的未来可用性引起的潜在不稳定。新白蚁分类的模块化进一步保证了分类的稳定性,旨在适应尚未描述的物种,这些物种与本文界定的单系谱系具有不确定的亲和力,形式为新的科或亚科。
The higher classification of termites requires substantial revision as the Neoisoptera, the most diverse termite lineage, comprise many paraphyletic and polyphyletic higher taxa. Here, we produce an updated termite classification using genomic-scale analyses. We reconstruct phylogenies under diverse substitution models with ultraconserved elements analyzed as concatenated matrices or within the multi-species coalescence framework. Our classification is further supported by analyses controlling for rogue loci and taxa, and topological tests. We show that the Neoisoptera are composed of seven family-level monophyletic lineages, including the Heterotermitidae Froggatt, Psammotermitidae Holmgren, and Termitogetonidae Holmgren, raised from subfamilial rank. The species-rich Termitidae are composed of 18 subfamily-level monophyletic lineages, including the new subfamilies Crepititermitinae, Cylindrotermitinae, Forficulitermitinae, Neocapritermitinae, Protohamitermitinae, and Promirotermitinae; and the revived Amitermitinae Kemner, Microcerotermitinae Holmgren, and Mirocapritermitinae Kemner. Building an updated taxonomic classification on the foundation of unambiguously supported monophyletic lineages makes it highly resilient to potential destabilization caused by the future availability of novel phylogenetic markers and methods. The taxonomic stability is further guaranteed by the modularity of the new termite classification, designed to accommodate as-yet undescribed species with uncertain affinities to the herein delimited monophyletic lineages in the form of new families or subfamilies.