Classification, Natural History, and Evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleridae)—Part I: Generic Composition of the Subfamily and Key and Phylogeny of Genera

Abstract

Four new genera and one new species of the subfamily Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleridae) are described. The new genera are:AgapetilusOpitz, gen. nov.,FallopylusOpitz, gen., nov,GloboclavaOpitz, gen. nov., andPseudopylusOpitz, gen. nov. The new species involvesAgapetilus vietusOpitz. sp. nov.LiostylusFairmaire is synonymized withRhophaloclerusFairmaire. New combinations,Fallopylus pallipes(MacLeay, 1872), comb. nov.,Globoclava quadrimaculata(Chevrolat, 1876), comb. nov.,Parapylus sedlaceki(Kolibáč, 2003), comb. nov.,Pseudopylus okei(Elston, 1929), comb. nov., andRhophaloclerus pictus(Fairmaire, 1902), comb. nov., are established. A key and phylogeny of the genera of Tarsosteninae is provided.

A molecular phylogeny of the checkered beetles and a description of Epiclininae a new subfamily (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae)

“…The history of Cleridae systematics can be traced primarily through the contributions of Spinola (, ), Lacordaire (), Schenkling (, ), Gahan (), Chapin (), Böving & Craighead (), Crowson (, ), Winkler (, ), Kolibáč (, , , ) and Opitz (, ). Largely based on the classification of Chapin (), with the inclusion of Böving & Craighead' () Tarsosteninae, the eight subfamily system of Crowson () until recently, has been the most widely accepted hypothesis of clerid subfamilies.…”

“…Winkler (, , ) erected two new subfamilies and proposed a system of neutral terms as an interim measure to show relatedness among higher taxa, although none of his concepts were followed. The morphology‐based classifications of Kolibáč (, ) and Opitz (, , ) represent two recent, and opposing, subfamily hypotheses.…”

“…Opitz (, ) erected an additional three subfamilies and attributed subfamily rank to the Isoclerini (of Thanerocleridae), recognized 12 subfamilies (Thaneroclerinae, Isoclerinae, Hydnocerinae, Anthicoclerinae, Tillinae, Clerinae, Epiphloeinae, Tarsosteninae, Peloniinae, Enopliinae, Neorthopleurinae, Korynetinae). Several subfamily‐defining character states, treated as synapomorphies in Opitz' () data matrix, within the taxon descriptions, are qualified with statements such as ‘most genera’ and ‘almost always’, for example, metacoxae with carina for Tillinae and furcal lamina [of metendosternite] absent in Epiphloeinae, whereas another, ‘pronotal commissure partially developed’, is only revealed as synapomorphic because the states of the character ‘extent of development of pronotal commissure’ are scored in a nonlinear way, i.e.…”

First cytogenetic information on four checkered beetles (Coleoptera, Cleridae)

“…For those reasons, karyotypic features may be referable as a taxonomic character in solving taxonomic problems, assessing relationships, and phylogenetic classification. (Dobigny et al 2004;Gokhman and Kuznetsova 2006;Miao and Hua 2017).…”

The genus Platytenerus Miyatake, 1985 (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae), with description of a new species from Japan

“…This genus was erected under the subfamily Enopliinae by Miyatake (1985) with the brief description in his book. Opitz (2009) established the subfamily Neorthopleurinae, to which 11 genera of Enopliinae were transferred, and Opitz (2010) provided inventory of the generic taxon of Enopliinae. However, the genus was not treated in Opitz (2009Opitz ( , 2010.…”