title: [Preliminary discussion on the phylogenetic and taxonomic relationship of Pomatorhinus ruficollis].
abstract: The phylogenetic relationships among subspecies of Pomatorhinus ruficollis are not clear. In this paper we sequenced two mitochondrial genes (Cyt b and ND2, in total 2 184 bp) and examined twenty individuals representing ten of the eleven subspecies of P. ruficollis in China. Molecular phylogenetic trees were reconstructed using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods, with P. ruficollis and P. schisticeps as in-groups, P. montanus, P. ochraceiceps, P. ferruginosus and Xiphirhynchus superciliaris as out-groups. Results indicated that P. ruficollis was paraphyletic, in which P. schisticeps was embedded, and was divided into three phylogeographic groups: southwestern China group, southeastern China group and central China group. Our results also suggested discordances between phylogenetic relationships and morphological characteristics, and clarified some intraspecific taxonomic debates.
authors.affiliation: Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Yunnan 650223, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Lu-Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fa-Sheng
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Fu-Min
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Shou-Hsien
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D046109:Passeriformes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial