Re: A. punctatum et al

[Peter Tirbak <pengwin at worldnet_att.net>]

Wildekampi is not closely related to either raddai or hannelorae. Raddai
seems to be the most northern species in the large striatum group.
Hannelorae is generally considered a part of the hoffmani group. Wildekampi
was at one time thought to be possibly a distant cousin to the elegans
group, but DNA studies show it is not part of the elegans group. Wildekampi
is generally regarded as forming a group with punctatum. Tirbaki is not part
of the coeleste group but is part of the ogoense group. See the description
article in FEMA. Huber places it as a possible "frontier species", facing
coeleste on its' southern border. See the same article in which Huber
discusses "frontier species". The coeleste group includes ocellatum and
citrinipinnis.

Peter Tirbak

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