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.

蜻蜓和豆腐（也称为odonata）是丰富多彩的昆虫，易于找到和识别。它们的进化延伸了300个Mya，在世界各地几乎发现了约6200种已知物种。他们是理解飞行发展的核心，因为他们的祖先是最早飞行的动物之一。当飞行早期演变时，它们是杰出的空中伏击掠食者，在社区中起着关键的生态作用，作为捕食者（例如咬蝇（例如蚊子））的捕食者。 Odonates也是少数在淡水中度过一部分生活的动物群体之一，而另一部分则是陆地上的一部分，因此它们是健康淡水系统的关键指标。他们收到了很多科学兴趣，但是有关其家谱，生态学和分布的信息并非集中在任何来源中。这项研究很重要，因为它将为几乎所有物种收集此信息，并将其列入公众和研究人员都可以使用的在线数据库中。这将是第一个用于整个昆虫的数据库。它将允许在环境，生态和进化研究中更多地使用蜻蜓和大坝。这项研究还将帮助对公众进行蜻蜓，更广泛的昆虫，进化，生态和保护。这项研究的目的是两个方面。它将积累系统发育，生态和地理空间数据，从而通过OdonateCentral网站为更广泛的科学界提供了这种数据。其次，该数据将用于研究全球层面上的移动性，栖息地，利基，颜色和分布对odonate多样性和多样性模式的历史影响。该项目将召集Odonata系统发育学，生态学，生物地理以及信息学和公民科学的领导者，并将：（1）发展出现有和化石odonata的强大，物种水平的分子和形态的系统发育； （2）积累生态特征，尤其是有关龙和丹麦颜色的丰富信息，并开发出完整的全球分布和环境利基信息； （3）关于odonata多样化的测试进化假设，尤其是颜色进化的作用； （4）开发可视化，知识产品和分析，以动态整合这三个数据层，同时通过博物馆，基于Web和移动应用的工具和外展吸引公众。 Odonates取决于淡水，这是一种栖息地类型，目前资助的研究广泛服务，但这对于人类的福祉至关重要。我们的努力将为Odonata提供工具，成为全球变化和栖息地损失中濒危淡水栖息地的全球生物指导者的标准。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评估标准来评估的。

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.