Amphi-Indian Ocean Disjunction in the Trans-Pacific GenusArchaeoglenesBrown (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Phrenapatinae): New Taxonomic and Distributional Data

Taxonomy of the Archaeoglenes Biroi Species-Group (Tenebrionidae: Phrenapatinae: Archaeoglenini) with a Description of the New Species from the Moluccas

“…Antenna 10-segmented (Fig. 3C, G Doyen and Lawrence (1979), Kaszab (1982b), andIwan et al (2015). about 0.63× as long as wide, disc moderately convex, without discal prominence, sides converging anteriorly, subparallel posteriorly at 1 / 3 from base; anterior angles distinctly produced and narrowly rounded, lower margin of antennal cavity short (Fig.…”

“…Accounting for the taxonomic decisions introduced here, the tribe Archaeoglenini Watt, 1975 includes 20 species of the genus Archaeoglenes Broun, 1893 and the monotypic genus Sepilocus Iwan & Raś, 2020 Raś 2020, Iwan andRincon 2022). Archaeoglenini are small (1.2-2.8 mm), mostly flightless, and are often reported to inhabit forest litter and rotten wood (Iwan et al 2015). Although the tribe is widely distributed along the tropical belt (except for the Atlantic Ocean), most currently recognized representatives seem to be narrow endemic species, restricted to islands and coastal zones of certain continents (Iwan et al 2015, Iwan andRaś 2020), e.g.…”

“…Archaeoglenini are small (1.2-2.8 mm), mostly flightless, and are often reported to inhabit forest litter and rotten wood (Iwan et al 2015). Although the tribe is widely distributed along the tropical belt (except for the Atlantic Ocean), most currently recognized representatives seem to be narrow endemic species, restricted to islands and coastal zones of certain continents (Iwan et al 2015, Iwan andRaś 2020), e.g. Sepilocus tenenbaumi Iwan & Raś, 2020 from Borneo or Archaeoglenes gomyi Iwan and Kamiński from Réunion.…”

“…Sepilocus tenenbaumi Iwan & Raś, 2020 from Borneo or Archaeoglenes gomyi Iwan and Kamiński from Réunion. The five following geographical centers of distribution can be recognized for Archaeoglenini (Iwan et al 2015, Schawaller and Bouchard 2019, Iwan and Raś 2020, Iwan and Rincon 2022: (1) Central America, (2) Hawaii, (3) Southeast Pacific Islands of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, (4) Japan, (5) the coast of Southeast Africa, Mauritius and Reunion. Due to the lack of phylogenetic data for the tribe, it is currently challenging to evaluate if the distribution within these areas is a result of single adaptive radiation or if they were independent colonization events by different lineages of Archaeoglenini.…”

“…The rapidly growing number of Archaeoglenes species that have been described in recent years (Iwan et al 2015, Schawaller and Bouchard 2019, Iwan and Raś 2020, Iwan and Rincon 2022, imposes a need for developing some sort of subgeneric classification. At this point, no formal or informal divisions of this genus exist.…”