NSG publications
Publications by members of the NSG. For full publication lists of individual researchers see People-pages
2012
- 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: 267-277. doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01737.x
- Heikkilä, M., Kaila, L., Mutanen, M., Peña, C. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Cretaceous origin and repeated Tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 279: 1093-1099. doi:10.1098/rspb.2011.1430
- Kodandaramaiah, U., Konvicka, M., Tammaru, T., Wahlberg, N. & Gotthard, K. 2012: Phylogeography of the woodland brown butterfly Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): implications for conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation, in press.
- Núñez Aguila, R., Oliva Plasencia, E., Matos Maravi, P. F. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Cuban Calisto (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a review based on morphological and DNA data. ZooKeys 165: 57-105. doi:10.3897/zookeys.165.2206
- Zahiri, R., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M. & Wahlberg, N. 2012: Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology 37: 102-124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x
2011
- de Jong, M. A., Wahlberg, N., van Eijk, M., Brakefield, P.M. & Zwaan, B.J. 2011: Limited mitochondrial DNA differentiation for range-wide populations of Bicyclus anynana suggests a rapid expansion from recent refugia. PLoS ONE 6: e21385. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021385
- Kodandaramaiah, U. 2011: Tectonic calibrations in molecular dating. Current Zoology 57: 116-124.

- Marin, M. A., Peña, C., Freitas, A. V. L., Wahlberg, N. & Uribe, S. I. 2011: From the phylogeny of the Satyrinae butterflies to the systematics of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): history, progress and prospects. Neotropical Entomology 40: 1-13.
- Mullen, S. P., Savage, W. K., Wahlberg, N. & Willmott, K. 2011: Rapid diversification and not clade age explains high diversity in neotropical Adelpha butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 278: 1777-1785. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.2140
- Peña, C. 2011: Métodos de inferencia filogenética. Revista peruana de Biología 18: 265-267. [Commentary]

- 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: 64-87. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00627.x
- Penz, C. M., Mohammadi, N. & Wahlberg, N. 2011: The Neotropical butterfly genus Blepolenis: wing pattern elements, phylogeny, and Pleistocene diversification (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 2897: 1-17.
- Pulido-B., H. W., Andrade-C., M. G., Peña, C., & Lamas, G. 2011: Two new taxa of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Andes of Colombia and Peru. Zootaxa 2906: 43-51.
- 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.Å., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., De Prins, J., De Prins, W., Epstein, M.E., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A., Koster, J.C., Kozlov, M. V., Lafontaine, J. D., Lamas, G., Landry, J.-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K.-T., Penz, C., Rota, J., Schmidt, B. C., Schintlmeister, A., Sohn, J. C., Solis, M. A., Tarmann, G. M., Warren, A. D., Weller, S., Yakovlev, V. R., Zolotuhin, V. V. & Zwick, A. 2011: Order Lepidoptera. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.), Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 212-221.
. - Veijalainen, A., Broad, G. R., Wahlberg, N., Longino, J. T., Sääksjärvi, I. E. 2011: DNA barcoding and morphology reveal two common species in one: Pimpla molesta stat. rev. separated from P. croceipes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). ZooKeys 124: 59-70. doi:10.3897/zookeys.124.1780
- 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: 362-370. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00566.x
- Wahlberg, N. & Rubinoff, D. 2011: Anomalous areas and awkward ages: alleviating concerns. Systematic Entomology 36: 604-606. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00590.x
- Xia, H., Wahlberg, N., Belák, S., Meng, X. J. & Liu, L. 2011: The emergence of genotypes 3 and 4 hepatitis E virus in swine and human: a phylogenetic perspective. Archives of Virology 156: 121-124. doi:10.1007/s00705-010-0818-6
- Xia, H., Wahlberg, N., Qiu, H.-J., Belák, S., Widén, F. & Liu, L. 2011: No phylogenetic evidence to support Shimen strain as the parental strain of the lapinized Chinese strain (C-strain) vaccine against classical swine fever. Archives of Virology 156: 1041-1044. doi:10.1007/s00705-011-0948-5
- 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: 158-173. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x
2010
- Brower, A. V. Z., Wahlberg, N., Ogawa, J. R., Boppré, M. & Vane-Wright, R.I. 2010: Phylogenetic relationships among genera of danaine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as implied by morphology and DNA sequences. Systematics and Biodiversity 8: 75-89. doi:10.1080/14772001003626814

- Kodandaramaiah, U. 2010: Use of Dispersal-Vicariance analysis in biogeography - a critique. Journal of Biogeography 37: 3-11. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02221.x
- Kodandaramaiah, U., Lees, D. C., Müller, C. J., Torres, E., Karanth, P. K. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Phylogenetics and biogeography of a spectacular Old World radiation of butterflies: the subtribe Mycalesina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 172. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-172

- Kodandaramaiah, U., Peña, C., Braby, M., 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: 386-394. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.08.012

- Liu, L., Xia, H., Baule, C., Belák, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Effects of methodology and analysis strategy on robustness of pestivirus phylogeny. Virus Research 147: 47-52. doi:10.1016/j.virusres.2009.10.004

- Müller, C. J., Wahlberg, N. & Beheregaray , L. B. 2010: 'After Africa' - The evolutionary history and systematics of the genus Charaxes Ochsenheimer (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in the Indo-Pacific Region. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 457-481. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01426.x

- Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N. & Kaila, L. 2010: Comprehensive gene and taxon coverage elucidates radiation patterns in moths and butterflies. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B Biological Sciences 277: 2839-2848. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0392

- Peña, C., Nylin, S., Freitas, A. V. L. & Wahlberg, N. 2010: Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zoologica Scripta 39: 243-258. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00421.x

- Salokannel, J., Rantala, M., & Wahlberg, N. 2010: DNA-barcoding clarifies species definitions of Finnish Apatania (Trichoptera: Apataniidae). Entomologica Fennica 21: 1-11.

- 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: 513-529. doi:10.1080/14772000.2010.532833

- Wahlberg, N., Snäll, N., Viidalepp, J., Ruohomäki, K. & Tammaru, T. 2010: The evolution of female flightlessness among Ennominae of the Holarctic forest zone (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 929-938. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.025

2009
- Aduse-Poku, K., Vingerhoedt, E. & Wahlberg, N. 2009: Out-of-Africa again: a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on 5 gene regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 463-478. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.021

- Kodandaramaiah, U. 2009: Eyespot evolution - phylogenetic insights from Junonia and related butterfly genera (Nymphalidae: Junoniini). Evolution & Development 11: 489-497. doi:10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00357.x.
- Kodandaramaiah, U. 2009: Vagility - the neglected component in historical biogeography. Evolutionary Biology 36: 327-335. doi:10.1007/s11692-009-9068-5
. - Kodandaramaiah, U., Vallin, A. & Wiklund, C. 2009: Fixed eyespot display in a butterfly thwarts attacking birds. Animal Behaviour 77: 1415-1419 doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.02.018
. - Kodandaramaiah, U. & Wahlberg, N. 2009: Phylogeny and biogeography of Coenonympha butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) - patterns of colonization in the Holarctic. Systematic Entomology 34:315-323 doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00453.x
. - Lehmann, L., D. Stadie & R. Zahiri. 2009: Zum Winteraspekt der Makrolepidopterenfauna Südiran mit Anmerkungen zur Biologie einiger Arten (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea, Papilionoidea, Geometroidea, Noctuoidea). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 30: 105-119.
- Leneveu, J., Chichvarkhin, A. & Wahlberg, N. 2009: Varying rates of diversification in the genus Melitaea (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the past 20 million years. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 97:346-361. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01208.x
. - Liu, L., Xia, H., Wahlberg, N., Belák, S. & Baule, C. 2009: Phylogeny, classification and evolutionary insights into pestiviruses. Virology 385:351-357. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2008.12.004
. - 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 Series B Biological Sciences 276: 4295-4302. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1303
Online supporting material can be downloaded here. Read ScienceNOW interview. - Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E., Warren, A. D. & Nylin, S. 2009: Timing major conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear genes in species relationships of Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae: Nymphalini). BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:92. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-92

2008
- Fibiger, M., G. Stangelmaier, C. Wieser & R. Zahiri 2008: Dichonia jahannamah, a new species from Iran in the subgenus Griposia Tams, 1939 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo 28: 121-124.
- Friberg, M., Bergman, M., Kullberg, J., Wahlberg, N. & Wiklund, C. 2008: Niche separation in space and time between two sympatric sister species - a case of ecological pleiotropy. Evolutionary Ecology 22: 1-18
. - Khaghaninia, S., S. A. Mohamadi, A. Sarafrazi, K. Hadade Iraninejad, E. Ebrahimi, S. Alavikia & R. Zahiri 2008: Geometric morphometric approach on the sexual dimorphism of Cydia pomonella (Lep.: Tortricidae) in the North West of Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 28: 51-62.
- Matov, A., R. Zahiri & J. D. Holloway 2008: The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Zootaxa 1763: 1-37.
- Müller, G. C., V. D. Kravchenko, T. J. Witt, A. Junnila, J. Mooser, A. Saldaitis, K. Reshöft, P. Ivinskis, R. Zahiri & W. Speidel 2008: New Underwing taxa of the group of Catocala lesbia Christoph, 1887 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Acta zoologica Lituanica 18: 30-49.
- Nylin, S. & Wahlberg, N. 2008: Does plasticity drive speciation? Host plant shifts and diversification in nymphaline butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) during the tertiary. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94: 115-130. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.00964.x
. - Peña, C., & N. Wahlberg 2008: Prehistorical climate change increased diversification of a group of butterflies. Biology Letters 4: 274-278. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2008.0062
. Supplementary material. See commentary in Telegraph - Silva Brandão, K. L., N. Wahlberg, R. B. Francini, A. M. L. Azeredo-Espin, K. S. Brown Jr., M. Paluch, D. C. Lees, and A. V. L. Freitas. 2008: Phylogenetic relationships of butterflies of the tribe Acraeini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) and the evolution of host plant use. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:515-531 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.11.024
. - Wahlberg, N., & Wheat, C. W. 2008: Genomic outposts serve the phylogenomic pioneers: designing novel nuclear markers for genomic DNA extractions of Lepidoptera. Systematic Biology 57: 231-242. doi:10.1080/10635150802033006
, for list of primers see Molecular Methods or download Electronic Appendices. - Zahiri, R. & M. Fibiger 2008: The Plusiinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología 36: 301-339.
- Zolotuhin, V. & R. Zahiri 2008: The Lasiocampidae of Iran (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 1791: 1-52.
2007
- Brooks, D.R., Bilewitch, J., Condy, C., Evans, D.C., Folinsbee, K.E., Fröbisch, J., Halas, D., Hill, S., McLennan, D.A., Mattern, M., Tsuji, L.A., Ward, J.L., Wahlberg, N., Zamparo, D., Zanatta, D., 2007: Quantitative phylogenetic analysis in the 21st century. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 78: 225-252
. - Brown Jr., K.S., Freitas, A.V.L., Wahlberg, N., von Schoultz, B., Saura, A.O., Saura, A. 2007: Chromosomal evolution in the South American Nymphalidae. Hereditas 144: 137-148.

- Fric, Z., Wahlberg, N., Pech, P. & Zrzavy, J. 2007: Phylogeny and classification of the Phengaris-Maculinea clade (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): total evidence and phylogenetic species concepts. Systematic Entomology 32:558-567.
. - Gatesy, J., DeSalle, R. & Wahlberg, N. 2007: How many genes should a systematist sample? Conflicting insights from a phylogenomic matrix. Systematic Biology 56: 355-363
. - Kodandaramaiah, U. & Wahlberg, N. 2007: Out-of-Africa origin and dispersal mediated diversification of the butterfly genus Junonia (Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 2181-2191
. - Snäll, N., Tammaru, T., Wahlberg, N., Viidalepp, J., Ruohomäki, K., Savontaus, M.-L. & Huoponen, K. 2007: Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Operophterini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): a case study of the evolution of female flightlessness. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 241-252
. - Viidalepp, J., Tammaru, T., Snäll, N., Ruohomäki, K. & Wahlberg, N. 2007: Cleorodes Warren, 1894 does not belong in the tribe Boarmiini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). European Journal of Entomology 104:303-309
. - Wahlberg, N. & Freitas, A. V. L. 2007: Colonization of and radiation in South America by butterflies in the subtribe Phyciodina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:1257-1272
. - Wahlberg, N. & Saccheri, I. 2007: The effects of Pleistocene glaciations on the phylogeography of Melitaea cinxia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). European Journal of Entomology 104: 675-684
. - Xia, H., Liu, L., Wahlberg, N., Baule, C. and Belák, S. 2007: Molecular phylogenetic analysis of bovine viral diarrhoea virus: a Bayesian approach. Virus Research 130:53-62
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2006
- Freitas, A. V. L. & C. Peña. 2006: Description of Genus Guaianaza for "Euptychia" pronophila (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with a description of the immature stages. Zootaxa 1163:49-59.

- Janz, N., S. Nylin, & N. Wahlberg. 2006: Diversity begets diversity: host expansions and the diversification of plant-feeding insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 6:4.

- Peña, C., N. Wahlberg, E. Weingartner, U. Kodandaramaiah, S. Nylin, A. V. L. Freitas, and A. V. Z. Brower. 2006: Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:29-49
. - Simonsen, T. J., Wahlberg, N., Brower, A. V. Z. & de Jong, R. 2006: Morphology, molecules and Fritillaries: approaching a stable phylogeny for Argynnini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution 37:405-418
. - Wahlberg, N. 2006: That awkward age for butterflies: insights from the age of the butterfly subfamily Nymphalinae. Systematic Biology 55:703-714.

- Weingartner, E., N. Wahlberg, & S. Nylin. 2006: Dynamics of host plant use and species diversity: a phylogenetic investigation in Polygonia butterflies (Nymphalidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:483-491
. - Weingartner, E., N. Wahlberg, & S. Nylin. 2006: Speciation in Pararge (Satyrinae: Nymphalidae) butterflies - North Africa is the source of ancestral populations of all Pararge species. Systematic Entomology 31:621-632
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2005
- Päivinen, J., Grapputo, A., Kaitala, V., Komonen, A., Kotiaho, J. S., Saarinen, K. & Wahlberg, N. 2005: Negative density-distribution relationship in butterflies. BMC Biology 3:5
. - Peña, C. & G. Lamas. 2005: Revision of the butterfly genus Forsterinaria Gray, 1973 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Revista peruana biologia 12:5-48.

- Wahlberg, N., M. F. Braby, A. V. Z. Brower, R. de Jong, M.-M. Lee, S. Nylin, N. Pierce, F. A. Sperling, R. Vila, A. D. Warren, & E. Zakharov. 2005: Synergistic effects of combining morphological and molecular data in resolving the phylogeny of butterflies and skippers. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 272:1577-1586.
. - 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 86:227-251.
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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
. - Wahlberg, N., Oliveira, R. & Scott, J. A. 2003: Phylogenetic relationships of Phyciodes butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): complex mtDNA variation and species delimitations. Systematic Entomology 28:257-273
. - Wahlberg, N., Weingartner, E. & Nylin, S. 2003: Towards a better understanding of the higher systematics of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28:473-484
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2002
- Wahlberg, N., Klemetti, T. & Hanski, I. 2002: Dynamic populations in a dynamic landscape: the metapopulation structure of the marsh fritillary butterfly. Ecography 25:224-232
. - Wahlberg, N., Klemetti, T., Selonen, V. & Hanski, I. 2002: Metapopulation structure and movements in five species of checkerspot butterflies. Oecologia 130:33-43
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2001
- Haikola, S., Fortelius, W., O'Hara, R., Kuussaari, M., Wahlberg, N., Saccheri, I. J., Singer, M. C. & Hanski, I. 2001: Inbreeding depression and the maintenance of genetic load in Melitaea cinxia metapopulations. Conservation Genetics 2:325-335
. - Wahlberg, N. 2001: On the status of the scarce fritillary Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Finland. Entomologica Fennica 12:244-250
. - Wahlberg, N. 2001: The phylogenetics and biochemistry of host plant specialization in melitaeine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Evolution 55:522-537
. - Wahlberg, N., Kullberg, J. & Hanski, I. 2001: Natural history of some Siberian melitaeine butterfly species (Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) and their parasitoids. Entomologica Fennica 12:72-77
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2000
- Wahlberg, N. 2000: Comparative descriptions of the immature stages and ecology of five Finnish melitaeine butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Entomologica Fennica 11:167-174
. - Wahlberg, N. & Zimmermann, M. 2000: Pattern of phylogenetic relationships among members of the tribe Melitaeini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from mtDNA sequences. Cladistics 16:347-363
. - Zimmermann, M., Wahlberg, N. & Descimon, H. 2000: Phylogeny of Euphydryas checkerspot butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:347-355
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