Collaborative Research: Genealogy of Odonata (GEODE): Dispersal and color as drivers of 300 million years of global dragonfly evolution

合作研究：蜻蜓目 (GEODE) 谱系：传播和颜色是 3 亿年全球蜻蜓进化的驱动力

• 批准号: 2002457
• 负责人: Robert Guralnick
• 金额: $ 23.34万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-06-15 至 2025-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2002457&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Genealogy; Odonata; GEODE

Dragonflies and damselflies, also called the Odonata, are colorful, fast-flying insects that are easy to find and recognize. Their evolution stretches 300 Mya and there are ~6200 known species found in nearly all parts of the world. They are central to understanding the evolution of flight, as their ancestors were among the first animals to fly. While flight evolved early, they are remarkable aerial ambush predators serving a key ecological role in communities as predators on other insects such as biting flies (e.g., mosquitoes). Odonates are also one of a few animal groups that spend part of their life in freshwater and another part on land, and so they are key indicators of healthy freshwater systems. They have received much scientific interest, but information about their genealogy, ecology, and distribution is not centralized in any one source. This research is important because it will gather this information for nearly all species and put it in an online database that is available to both the public and researchers. This will be the first such database for an entire order of insect. It will allow dragonflies and damselflies to be used more in environmental, ecological, and evolutionary studies. The research will also help educate the public in dragonfly, and more broadly insect, evolution, ecology and conservation. The aims of this research are two-fold. It will amass phylogenetic, ecological and geospatial data, making this available for the wider scientific community via the OdonataCentral website. Secondly, this data will be used to study the historical impact of mobility, habitat, niche, color, and distribution on odonate diversification and diversity patterns at the global level. The project will bring together leaders in Odonata phylogenetics, ecology, biogeography as well as informatics and citizen science, and will: (1) develop a robust, species-level molecular and morphological phylogeny of extant and fossil Odonata; (2) amass ecological traits, especially rich information about dragon- and damselfly color, and develop full global distribution and environmental niche information; (3) test evolutionary hypotheses regarding diversification of Odonata, especially the role of color evolution; (4) develop visualizations, knowledge products and analyses that dynamically integrate these three data layers while engaging the general public through museum, web- and mobile-app based tools and outreach. Odonates are dependent on freshwater, a habitat type that is broadly underserved by currently funded research but that is crucial for human well-being. Our efforts will provide tools for Odonata to become the standard as global bioindicators of endangered freshwater habitats in the midst of global change and habitat loss.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

蜻蜓和蜻蜓，也被称为蜻蜓，是色彩鲜艳、飞行速度快的昆虫，很容易找到和识别。它们的进化持续了300年，在世界上几乎所有地方都发现了大约6200个已知物种。它们是理解飞行进化的核心，因为它们的祖先是最早飞行的动物之一。虽然飞行进化得很早，但它们是非凡的空中伏击捕食者，在群落中扮演着关键的生态角色，作为捕食者捕食其他昆虫，如叮咬苍蝇(例如蚊子)。蜻蜓也是为数不多的部分生活在淡水中，另一部分生活在陆地上的动物群体之一，因此它们是健康淡水系统的关键指标。它们受到了很大的科学兴趣，但关于它们的家谱、生态和分布的信息并不集中在任何一个来源。这项研究很重要，因为它将收集几乎所有物种的信息，并将其放入一个对公众和研究人员都可用的在线数据库中。这将是第一个针对整个昆虫目的此类数据库。它将允许蜻蜓和蜻蜓更多地用于环境、生态和进化研究。这项研究还将有助于教育公众了解蜻蜓，以及更广泛的昆虫、进化、生态和保护。这项研究的目的有两个。它将积累系统发育、生态和地理空间数据，通过OdonataCentral网站向更广泛的科学界提供这些数据。其次，这些数据将被用来研究迁移性、栖息地、生态位、颜色和分布对全球水平上有齿动物多样性和多样性格局的历史影响。该项目将汇集蜻蜓系统发育、生态学、生物地理学以及信息学和公民科学方面的领先者，并将：(1)建立现存蜻蜓和化石蜻蜓的强大、物种水平的分子和形态系统学；(2)积累生态特征，特别是关于龙和蜻蜓颜色的丰富信息，并制定全面的全球分布和环境生态位信息；(3)测试蜻蜓多样性的进化假说，特别是颜色进化的作用；(4)开发可视化、知识产品和分析，在通过基于博物馆、网络和移动应用程序的工具和外联活动吸引公众参与的同时，动态整合这三个数据层。蜻蜓依赖淡水，这是一种栖息地类型，目前资助的研究普遍没有提供足够的服务，但这对人类的福祉至关重要。我们的努力将为蜻蜓在全球变化和栖息地丧失的情况下成为濒危淡水栖息地的全球生物指标提供工具。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Diversity of Palaearctic Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)

古北界蜻蜓和豆娘（蜻蜓目）的多样性

• DOI: 10.3390/d14110966
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Diversity
• 作者: Kalkman, Vincent J.;Boudot, Jean-Pierre;Futahashi, Ryo;Abbott, John C.;Bota-Sierra, Cornelio A.;Guralnick, Robert;Bybee, Seth M.;Ware, Jessica;Belitz, Michael W.
• 通讯作者: Belitz, Michael W.