[Taxacom] Another blow to vicariance in ratite evolution

[John Grehan]

Thanks Mike. I knew I had seen some examples in your book. In between
making dinner I had dredged up a couple of examples by a simple google
search, but this takes care of that. So Ken, what are you planning to do
with the information?

John Grehan


On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Michael Heads <m.j.heads at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> On p. 74 of my 2014 book I cited the beetle family Chaetosomatidae, known
> only from Madagascar (Malgassochaetus) and New Zealand (Chaetosoma,
> Chaetosomodes). A similar pattern in plants occurs in the southern
> hemisphere clade of Crossosomatales; it's in Madagascar (also the adjacent
> coast of Africa and Cape Town) (Aphloia, Geissoloma) , New Zealand (Ixerba)
> and New Caledonia (Strasburgeria). (Both examples are cited, with
> references, in my 2014 book, p. 74).
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Ken Kinman <kinman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > John,       I would be interested in examples of those taxa with a
> > Madagascar-New Zealand relationship.
>  -----Ken
> > John wrote:
> >  There are other taxa with a Madagascar (and or S Africa) - New Zealand
> > relationships and they are perfectly concordant with geologically
> mediated
> > origins. Perhaps instead of stupid I should just say ignorant.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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