Classification of the Coleoptera of North America

Conte, John Lawrence Le

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“…Saylor’s approach and implied species concept arguably influenced Endrődi’s revision of the tribe (see Ratcliffe 2016 for further discussion). Saylor’s role was not as a describer of new species in the group, but rather as a primary reviser of many North American dynastine taxa that had been neglected since the works of John Lawrence LeConte (1854, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1866) and George Henry Horn (1871, 1875, 1894) and further obfuscated by Casey (1915). The problem of Casey’s numerous cyclocephaline synonyms also fell firmly on Saylor.…”

Section: Nomenclatural and Taxonomic History Of The Cyclocephaline Scmentioning

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Synopsis of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

Moore

Cave

Branham

2018

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The cyclocephaline scarabs (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) are a speciose tribe of beetles that include species that are ecologically and economically important as pollinators and pests of agriculture and turf. We provide an overview and synopsis of the 14 genera of Cyclocephalini that includes information on: 1) the taxonomic and nomenclatural history of the group; 2) diagnosis and identification of immature life-stages; 3) economic importance in agroecosystems; 4) natural enemies of these beetles; 5) use as food by humans; 6) the importance of adults as pollination mutualists; 7) fossil cyclocephalines and the evolution of the group; 8) generic-level identification of adults. We provide an expanded identification key to genera of world Cyclocephalini and diagnoses for each genus. Character illustrations and generic-level distribution maps are provided along with discussions on the relationships of the tribe’s genera.

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Section: Nomenclatural and Taxonomic History Of The Cyclocephaline Scmentioning

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Synopsis of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

Moore

Cave

Branham

2018

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“…This is perhaps why Gebien in both his catalogs (1910, 1937) placed Eschatoporis in the Cryptoglossini, which now includes the genera Cryptoglossa (= Centrioptera ) and Asbolus LeConte, 1851 (= Cryptoglossa ) see Aalbu (1985, 2005). Despite LeConte’s removal of Cerenopus and Eulabis from the Cryptoglossini (LeConte 1862), subsequent catalogs listed Eschatoporis in the Cryptoglossini.…”

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Reinstatement of Eschatoporiini Blaisdell, 1906, a unique tribe of blind cavernicolous Tenebrionidae from California, with a new species from Napa County (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae)

Aalbu

Kanda

Smith

2017

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The tribe Eschatoporini Blaisdell, 1906 is reinstated, based on molecular and morphological data, and the spelling corrected as Eschatoporiini. The tribe currently includes only the cave-dwelling genus Eschatoporis Blaisdell, 1906 from California, which is associated with underground aquifers. A second species of Eschatoporis is described from a cave in Napa County, California. The phylogenetic placement of Eschatoporiini within the Lagriinae is examined, and notes on the biology of Eschatoporis are provided.

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“…For more than 80 years, brevicornis group species were regarded as a distinct genus, Aphanotus (Leconte, 1862;Casey, 1890), until they were subsumed into Tribolium by Hinton (1948). Despite this merger, exceptions for brevicornis group morphology are made in the Tribolium diagnosis with respect to the form of the prosternal and pronotal apices.…”

Section: The Genus Tribolium Is Not Monophyleticmentioning

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“…com., and Aphanotus uezumii (Nakane, 1963) n. com. The descriptions of Aphanotus given by Leconte (1859;1862) are very brief. Therefore, Hinton's (1948) description of the brevicornis species group remains the best description of the genus Aphanotus.…”

Section: Transfer Of Brevicornis Group Species From Tribolium Macleaymentioning

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Relationships among pest flour beetles of the genus Tribolium (Tenebrionidae) inferred from multiple molecular markers

Angelini

Jockusch

2008

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

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Model species often provide initial hypotheses and tools for studies of development, genetics, and molecular evolution in closely related species. Flour beetles of the genus Tribolium MacLeay (1825) are one group with potential for such comparative studies. Tribolium castaneum (Herbst 1797) is an increasingly useful developmental genetic system. The convenience with which congeneric and other species of tenebrionid flour beetles can be reared in the laboratory makes this group attractive for comparative studies on a small phylogenetic scale. Here we present the results of phylogenetic analyses of relationships among the major pest species of Tribolium based on two mitochondrial and three nuclear markers (cytochrome oxidase 1, 16S ribosomal DNA, wingless, 28S ribosomal DNA, histone H3). The utility of partitioning the dataset in a manner informed by biological structure and function is demonstrated by comparing various partitioning strategies. In parsimony and partitioned Bayesian analyses of the combined dataset, the castaneum and confusum species groups are supported as monophyletic and as each other's closest relatives. However, a sister group relationship between this clade and Tribolium brevicornis (Leconte 1859) is not supported. Therefore, we suggest transferring brevicornis group species to the genus Aphanotus Leconte (1862). The inferred phylogeny provides an evolutionary framework for comparative studies using flour beetles.

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Classification of the Coleoptera of North America

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Synopsis of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

Synopsis of the cyclocephaline scarab beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae)

Reinstatement of Eschatoporiini Blaisdell, 1906, a unique tribe of blind cavernicolous Tenebrionidae from California, with a new species from Napa County (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae)

Relationships among pest flour beetles of the genus Tribolium (Tenebrionidae) inferred from multiple molecular markers

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