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Ancestral area reconstruction modeled in BioGeoBEARS using a DEC
J model. Colors at tips represent current biogeographic area and pie charts represent predicted ancestral areas at cladogenesis. Red 
New World, Yellow 
Australasia, Green 
Africa, Blue 
Eurasia, Orange 
hypothetical ancestral area of New World
Australasia. Letters “a–d” in circles designate major clades described in Figure 1.
