10.26. Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802

Jelínek, Josef; Carlton, Christopher E.; Cline, Andrew R.; Leschen, Richard A. B.

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“…One species of Kateretidae ( Anthonaeus agavensis (Crotch)) and 31 different species representing 25 genera of Nitidulidae were included as ingroup (see Table S4). As Kateretidae and Nitidulidae have had an intertwined taxonomic history (Jelínek & Cline, ; Jelínek et al , ) with retention of the former as a subfamily of the latter or as a distinct family itself, A. agavensis was selected to determine whether Kateretidae should or should not be included within Nitidulidae.…”

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“…Nitidulid beetles, also known as sap, pollen and picnic beetles, occur in almost every major biogeographical region and occupy a diverse array of niches. Nitidulidae biology is exceptionally varied and incorporates most major life history strategies known within Coleoptera, including, fungivory (including saprophagy and detritivory), phytophagy (including vegetative and reproductive structures), necrophagy, facultative predation, pollination of numerous flowering plant families and inquilinism with social insects (reviewed by Audisio, ; Cline, ; Jelínek et al , ). The most prevalent biological associations include phytophagy and fungivory, with some nitidulids commonly encountered as pests of crops and dried goods (e.g.…”

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“…Recent estimates based on molecular clock analyses (Hunt et al , ) suggest a possible origin of Nitidulidae in the Early Cretaceous ( c. 120–140 Ma). Nitidulidae are the second most diverse family of cucujoid beetles, comprising ∼4000 species, and are divided into ten subfamilies (Jelínek et al , ): Calonecrinae, Carpophilinae Erichson, Amphicrossinae Kirejtshuk, Meligethinae Thomson, Epuraeinae Kirejtshuk, Nitidulinae Latreille, Cillaeinae Kirejtshuk and Audisio, Maynipeplinae Kirejtshuk, Cryptarchinae Thomson and Cybocephalinae Jacquelin duVal. Calonecrinae and Maynipeplinae are the only subfamilies with relatively restricted distributions; the former being found in Southeast Asia and the latter in central Africa.…”

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“…The Chilean nitidulid genus Nodola Brethes may also belong to this family, but it could not be included in the present study. Cybocephalids are all predatory and, for taxa where the specific biology is known, they feed exclusively on hemipterous scale insects (see Silvestri, ; Smith & Cave, ; Jelínek et al , ).…”

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Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Cline

Smith

Miller

et al. 2014

Systematic Entomology

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We present a molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae based on thirty ingroup taxa representing eight of the ten currently recognized subfamilies. Approximately 10 K base pairs from seven loci (12S, 16S, 18S, 28S, COI, COII and H3) were used for the phylogenetic reconstruction. The phylogeny supports the following main conclusions: (i) Cybocephalidae are formally recognized as a distinct family not closely related to Nitidulidae and its constituent taxa are defined; (ii) Kateretidae are sister to Nitidulidae; (iii) Cryptarchinae are monophyletic and sister to the remaining nitidulid subfamilies; (iv) subfamily Prometopinae stat. res. is reinstated and defined, to accommodate taxa allied to Axyra Erichson, Prometopia Erichson and Megauchenia MacLeay; (v) Amphicrossinae, Carpophilinae and Epuraeinae are shown to be closely related taxa within a well‐supported monophyletic clade; (vi) tribal affinities and respective monophyly within Nitidulinae are poorly resolved by our data and must be more rigorously tested as there was little or no support for prior morphologically based tribes or genus‐level complexes; (vii) Nitidulinae are found to be paraphyletic with respect to Cillaeinae and Meligethinae, suggesting that they should either be subsumed as tribes, or Nitidulinae should be divided into several subfamilies to preserve the status of Cillaeinae and Meligethinae; (viii) Teichostethus Sharp stat. res. is not a synonym of Hebascus Erichson and the former is reinstated as a valid genus. These conclusions and emendations are discussed in detail and presented within a morphological framework.

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Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

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Miller

et al. 2014

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“…Two other unrelated cucujoid families, Smicripidae and Nitidulidae, are missing a maxillary lobe (Leschen et al , 2005). Although Smicrips LeConte and some Nitidulidae are indeed small (Smicripidae: 1–2.9 mm; Nitidulidae: 1–20 mm) (Cline, 2010; Jelínek et al , 2010), as with Latridiidae, neither displays obvious anatomical evidence of extreme miniaturization.…”

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Molecules, morphology and minute hooded beetles: a phylogenetic study with implications for the evolution and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Robertson

Ślipiński

Hiatt

et al. 2012

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Eight genes (nuclear: 18S, 28S, H3, CAD; mitochondrial: 12S, 16S, COI, COII) and morphology were used to infer the evolutionary history of Corylophidae, some of the smallest free‐living insects. The study included 36 corylophid exemplars, representing approximately 60% of the known generic diversity of the family and 16 cucujoid outgroup taxa. Multiple partitioning strategies, molecular datasets, combined datasets and different taxon sampling regimes using maximum likelihood and mixed‐model Bayesian inference were utilized to analyse these data. Most results were highly concordant across analyses. There was strong agreement across (i) partitioning strategies, (ii) maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of the molecular data, and (iii) Bayesian inference of the molecular data alone and Bayesian inference of the combined morphological and molecular data when all terminal taxa were included. When a strict taxon sampling protocol was employed so that only single generic exemplars were included, deep relationships were affected in the resulting phylogenetic hypotheses. Under such narrow sampling strategies, deep phylogenetic relationships were also sensitive to the choice of generic exemplars. Although it is often challenging to obtain single representatives for many taxa in higher‐level phylogenetic analyses, these results indicate the importance of using denser taxon sampling approaches even at the specific level for genera included in such studies. Molecular data alone support Anamorphinae (Endomychidae) strongly as the sister group of Corylophidae. In combined data analyses, Coccinellidae is recovered as the sister group to Corylophidae. In all analyses, Corylophidae and the subfamily Corylophinae are recovered as monophyletic. The monophyly of Periptyctinae was untested, as only a single species was included. All included corylophine tribes were recovered as monophyletic with the exception of Aenigmaticini; Aenigmaticum Matthews forms the sister group to Orthoperus Stephens and StanusŚlipiński et al. is recovered as the sister group of Sericoderus Stephens. Stanus tasmanicusŚlipiński et al. is transferred to a new genus, Pseudostanus Robertson, Ślipiński & McHugh gen.n.incertae sedis. We propose a new tribe, Stanini Robertson, Ślipiński & McHugh trib.n. for Stanus bowesteadiŚlipiński et al. and a new concept of Aenigmaticini sensu.n. to include only the nominate genus. Anatomical transitions associated with corylophid miniaturization are highlighted. Key phenotypic modifications and elevated rates of substitution in nuclear rRNA genes are evident in a subgroup of Corylophinae that includes the most diminutive species. Other taxonomic and evolutionary implications are discussed in light of the results.

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Coleoptera – Beetles

Liu

Shih

et al. 2019

Rhythms of Insect Evolution

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10.26. Nitidulidae Latreille, 1802

Cited by 28 publications

References 8 publications

Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Molecular phylogeny of Nitidulidae: assessment of subfamilial and tribal classification and formalization of the family Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Molecules, morphology and minute hooded beetles: a phylogenetic study with implications for the evolution and classification of Corylophidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)

Coleoptera – Beetles

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