title: Reconciling molecular phylogeny, morphological divergence and classification of Madagascan narrow-mouthed frogs (Amphibia: Microhylidae).
abstract: A recent study clarified several aspects of microhylid phylogeny by combining DNA sequences from Sanger sequencing and anchored phylogenomics, although numerous aspects of tree topology proved highly susceptible to data partition and chosen model. Although the phylogenetic results of the study were in conflict with previous publications, the authors made several changes to the taxonomy of Madagascar's cophyline microhylids. We re-analyzed part of their data together with our own molecular and morphological data. Based on a supermatrix of 11 loci, we propose a new phylogeny of the Cophylinae, and discuss it in the context of a newly generated osteological dataset. We found several sample misidentifications, partially explaining their deviant results, and propose to resurrect the genera Platypelis and Stumpffia from the synonymy of Cophyla and Rhombophryne, respectively. We provide support for the previous genus-level taxonomy of this subfamily, and erect a new genus, Anilany gen. nov., in order to eliminate paraphyly of Stumpffia and to account for the osteological differences observed among these groups. Deep nodes in our phylogeny remain poorly supported, and future works will certainly refine our classification, but we are confident that these will not produce large-scale rearrangements.
authors.affiliation: Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany. Electronic address: mark.scherz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Scherz
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Institut, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. Electronic address: m.vences@tu-braunschweig.de.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vences
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Institut, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany. Electronic address: andomailaka@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Andolalao
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rakotoarison
authors.affiliation: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via G. Giolitti, 36, 10123 Torino, Italy. Electronic address: Franco.Andreone@regione.piemonte.it.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Andreone
authors.affiliation: Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany. Electronic address: joern.koehler@hlmd.de.
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Köhler
authors.affiliation: Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany. Electronic address: Frank.Glaw@zsm.mwn.de.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Glaw
authors.affiliation: CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, N° 7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal. Electronic address: tiliquait@yahoo.it.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Crottini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008270:Madagascar; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal
keywords: Anilany gen. nov.; Cophyla; Cophylinae; Platypelis; Rhombophryne; Stumpffia