Niklas Wahlberg

Niklas Wahlberg, entomologist, Sweden.

Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

Taxon names authored

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Publications

2003

• Wahlberg, N. & Nylin, S. 2003. Morphology versus molecules: resolution of the positions of Nymphalis, Polygonia, and related genera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Cladistics 19: 213–223. DOI: 10.1016/S0748-3007(03)00027-6 . Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E. & Nylin, S. 2003. Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 28(3): 473–484. DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00052-6 PDF. Reference page. 

2005

• Wahlberg, N., Brower, A.V.Z. & Nylin, S. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography of tribes and genera in the subfamily Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(2): 227–251. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00531.x . Reference page. 

2006

• Peña, C., Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E., Kodandaramaiah, U., Nylin, S., Freitas, A.V.L. & Brower, A.V.Z. 2006. Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40(1): 29–49. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.02.007 Reference page. 

2007

• Fric, Z., Wahlberg, N., Pech, P. & Zrzavý, J. 2007. Phylogeny and classification of the Phengaris–Maculinea clade (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): total evidence and phylogenetic species concepts. Systematic entomology 32: 558–567. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00387.x Reference page. 

2009

• Kodandaramaiah, U. & Wahlberg, N. 2009. Phylogeny and biogeography of Coenonympha butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) – patterns of colonization in the Holarctic. Systematic Entomology 34(2): 315–323. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00453.x Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Leneveu, J., Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A.V.L. & Brower, A.V.Z. 2009. Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276(1677): 4295–4302. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1303 . Reference page. 

2010

• Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Braby, M.F., Grund, R., Müller C.J., Nylin, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2010. Phylogenetics of Coenonymphina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and the problem of rooting rapid radiations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54(2): 386–394. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.012 Reference page. 
• Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Warren, A.D. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2010. The evolutionary history of Boloria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): phylogeny, zoogeography and larval–foodplant relationships. Systematics and Biodiversity 8(4): 513–529. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.532833 . Reference page. 

2011

• Zahiri, R., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M., Kaila, L., Holloway, J.D. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta 40(2): 158–173. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Peña, C., Nylin, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. The radiation of Satyrini butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a challenge for phylogenetic methods. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 161(1): 64–87. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00627.x . Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., & Rubinoff, D. 2011. Vagility across Vanessa (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): mobility in butterfly species does not inhibit the formation and persistence of isolated sister taxa. Systematic entomology 36(2): 362–370. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x Reference page. 
• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In:
• Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page  PDF. Reference page. 
• Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2011. Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279(1731): 1093–1099. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1430 . Reference page. 

2012

• Zahiri, R., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2011 (online) 2012 (print). Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology 37(1): 102–124. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x Reference page. 
• Condamine, F.L., Sperling, F.A.H., Wahlberg, N., Rasplus, J-Y. & Kergoat, G.J. 2012. What causes latitudinal gradients in species diversity? Evolutionary processes and ecological constraints on swallowtail biodiversity. Ecology Letters 15(3): 267–277. DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01737.x. Reference page. 

2013

• Zahiri, R., Lafontaine, J.D., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Schmidt, B.C., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2013. Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics. Cladistics 29(4): 337–359. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12001 Reference page. 
• Zahiri, R., Lafontaine, D., Schmidt, C., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2013. Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions. Zoologica Scripta 42(5): 488–507. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12022 Reference page. 
• Dincă, V., Wiklund, C., Lukhtanov, V.A., Kodandaramaiah, U., Norén, K., Dapporto, L., Wahlberg, N., Vila, R. & Friberg, M. 2013. Reproductive isolation and patterns of genetic differentiation in a cryptic butterfly species complex. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26(10): 2095–2106. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12211 . Reference page. 

2014

• Zaspel, J.M., Weller, S.J., Wardwell, C.T., Zahiri, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2014. Phylogeny and Evolution of Pharmacophagy in Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). PLoS ONE 9(7): e101975. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101975 Reference page. 
• Tóth, J.P., Bereczki, J., Varga, Z., Rota, J., Sramkó, G. & Wahlberg, N. 2014. Relationships within the Melitaea phoebe species group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): new insights from molecular and morphometric information. Systematic entomology 39(4): 749–757. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12083 Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M.F., Pierce, N.E. & Wheat, C.W. 2014. Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta 43(6): 641–650. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075 . Reference page. 

2015

• Rajaei, H., Greve C., Letsch H., Stüning, D., Wahlberg, N., Minet, J. & Misof, B. 2015. Advances in Geometroidea phylogeny, with characterization of a new family based on Pseudobiston pinratanai (Lepidoptera, Glossata). Zoologica Scripta 44(4): 418–436. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12108 Reference page. 
• Freitas, A.V.L., Lewinsohn, T.M., Magaldi, L.M. & Wahlberg, N. 2015: A new subspecies of Anthanassa (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae: Melitaeini) from southeastern Brazil. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 69(2): 83–90. full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L. 2015. Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:260. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0520-0 Reference page. 
• Pellinen, M.J. & Wahlberg, N. 2015. A new species of Niganda Moore, 1879 from Thailand, with descriptions of variation in male genitalia and female facies of N. radialis Moore (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae, Ceirinae). Zootaxa 4033(1): 94–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Wang, H., Wahlberg, N., Holloway, J.D., Bergsten, J., Fan, X., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Wen, L., Wang, M. & Nylin, S. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of Lymantriinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae) inferred from eight gene regions. Cladistics 31(6): 579–592. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12108 Reference page. 

2016

• Freitas, A.V.L., Barbosa, E.P., Willmott, K.R., Wahlberg, N. & Lamas, G. 2016. ‘Species’ from two different butterfly genera combined into one: description of a new genus of Euptychiina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with unusually variable wing pattern. Revista Brasileire de Entomologia 60(3): 157–165. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Rönkä, K., Mappes, J., Kaila, L. & Wahlberg, N. 2016. Putting Parasemia in its phylogenetic place: a molecular analysis of the subtribe Arctiina (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 41(4): 844–853. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12194 Reference page. 
• Rota, J., Zacharczenko, B.V., Wahlberg, N., Zahiri, R., Schmidt, B.C. & Wagner, D.L. 2016. Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 41(2): 416–429. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12162. Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Peña, C., Ahola, M., Wheat, C.W. & Rota, J. 2016. PCR primers for 30 novel gene regions in the nuclear genomes of Lepidoptera. ZooKeys 596: 129-141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.596.8399. Reference page. 
• Sahoo, R.K., Warren, A.D., Wahlberg, N., Brower, A.V.Z., Lukhtanov, V.A. & Kodandaramaiah, U. 2016. Ten genes and two topologies: an exploration of higher relationships in skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae). PeerJ 4: e2653. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2653 Reference page. 

2017

• Zenker, M.M., Wahlberg, N., Brehm, G., Teston, J.A., Przybylowicz, L., Pie, M.R. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2017. Systematics and origin of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) in the Neotropical region. Zoologica scripta 46(3): 348–362. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12202 Reference page. 
• De Moya, R. S., Savage, W. K., Tenney, C., Bao, X., Wahlberg, N. & Hill, R. I., 2017. Interrelationships and diversification of Argynnis Fabricius and Speyeria Scudder butterflies. Systematic Entomology 42(4): 635–649. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12236 Reference page. 

2018

• Dhungel, B. & Wahlberg, N. 2018. Molecular systematics of the subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). PeerJ 6:e4311. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4311 Reference page. 
• Jusoh, W.F.A., Ballantyne, L., Lambkin, C.L., Hashim, N.R. & Wahlberg, N. 2018. The firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier revisited (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4456(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1 Reference page. 
• Seraphim, N., Kaminski, L.A., DeVries, P.J., Penz, C.M., Callaghan, C.J., Wahlberg, N., Silva-Brandão, K.L. & Freitas, A.V.L. 2018. Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Systematic Entomology 43(2): 407–425. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12282 Reference page. 
• Kodandaramaiah, U., Braby, M.F., Grund, R., Müller C.J. & Wahlberg, N. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and diversification of Coenonymphina butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): intercontinental dispersal of a southern Gondwanan group? Systematic Entomology 43(4): 798–809. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12303 Reference page. 
• Wiemers, M., Balletto, E., Dincă, V., Fric, Z.F., Lamas, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Munguira, M.L., van Swaay, C.A.M., Vila, R., Vliegenthart, A., Wahlberg, N. & Verovnik, R. 2018. An updated checklist of the European Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Zookeys, 811: 9–45. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.811.28712 Reference page. 

2019

• Wang, H.S., Holloway, J.D., Wahlberg, N., Wang, M. & Nylin, S. 2019. Molecular phylogenetic and morphological studies on the systematic position of Heracula discivitta reveal a new subfamily of Pseudobistonidae (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea). Systematic Entomology 44(1): 211–225. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12326 . Reference page. 
• Przybyłowicz, Ł., Lees, D.C., Zenker, M.M. & Wahlberg, N. 2019. Molecular systematics of the arctiine tribe Syntomini (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). Systematic Entomology 44(3): 624–637. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12343. Reference page. 

2020

• Ma, L., Zhang, Y., Lohman, D., Wahlberg, N., Ma, F.Z., Nylin, S., Janz, N., Yago, M., Aduse-Poku, K., Peggie, D., Wang, M., Zhang, P. & Wang, H.S. 2020a. A phylogenomic tree inferred with an inexpensive PCR-generated probe kit resolves higher-level relationships among Neptis butterflies (Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae). Systematic Entomology 2020: 1–11. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12435 . Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N., Maresova, J., Murillo-Ramos, L., Collins, S. & Wu, L-W. 2020. The phylogenetic positions of Bhagadatta Moore, 1898, Kumothales Overlaet, 1940 and Harmilla Aurivillius, 1892 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae) based on molecular data. Nota Lepidopterologica 43: 167—171. DOI: 10.3897/nl.43.50307 Reference page. 
• Wiemers, M., Chazot, N., Wheat, C.W., Schweiger, O. & Wahlberg, N. 2020. A complete time-calibrated multi-gene phylogeny of the European butterflies. ZooKeys, 938: 97–124. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.938.50878 Reference page.