Kotov A.A. 2005. Notes on Aloninae Dybowski & Grochowski, 1894 emend. Frey, 1967 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae). 4. On the phylogeny of four genera // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.13 (for 2004). No.4: 181–191 [in English].
A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Leninsky Prospect 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
ABSTRACT. A cladistic study of phylogeny was performed for four genera of the Aloninae (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae) (Karualona, Kozhowia, Kurzia and Nicsmirnovius) using accessible literature data. The relationships between all known species within each genus are discussed. The boundary between the subgenera Kurzia (Kurzia) Dybowski & Grochowski, 1894 and Kurzia (Rostrokurzia) Hudec, 2000 does not follow the boundary between two main clades within the genus. This anomaly was improved by relocating K. media (Birge, 1879) into the subgenus K. (Rostrokurzia). Alona longirostris Daday, 1898 (= K. longirostris) is designated as the type species of the subgenus K. (Rostrokurzia) emend. nov. Emended diagnoses of two subgenera of Kurzia are provided. The patterns of inter-continental grouping of species are different for different genera.
KEY WORDS: Cladocera, Anomopoda, Chydoridae, Aloninae, morphology, systematics, phylogeny, cladistics.