Table 1 Summary of supports for macroevolutionary hypotheses in explaining current patterns of biodiversity in ponerine ants
TfAH | DRH | ADH | ||
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Focus | Diversity patterns | Timing/History | Diversification dynamics | Dispersal history |
Latitudinal gradient | Trop >> Temp | Trop >> Temp TfAH support | No diff. Trop/Temp | Source → Sink Trop → Temp ADH opposite to pattern |
Longitudinal gradient | Balanced U (–) | Gondwanan origin U more recent TfAH support | No diff. OW/NW U rates (+) DRH opposite to pattern | Source → Sink W → E ADH opposite to pattern |