New Records of Three Non-Native Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Established in California and Nevada, USA

Steiner, Warren E.; Swearingen, Jil M.

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“…In addition to Blapstinina, three endemic genera of Amobiina are currently recorded from North and South America: Ammodonus Mulsant & Rey (seven species), Ephalus LeConte (monotypic), and Pseudephalus Casey (monotypic) (Aalbu & Triplehorn, 1985;Iwan & Kamiński, 2016). In this context it should also be noted that other opatrines have been subject to anthropogenic dispersal into the Nearctic (Aalbu et al, 2009;Steiner & Swearingen, 2015;Bousquet et al, 2018;Kamiński et al, 2019b). From the phylogenetic perspective, the distribution of the Ammobiina mentioned earlier can be either a symptom of instability in current subtribal definitions (e.g.…”

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Molecular insights into the phylogeny of Blapstinina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini)

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The monophyly of the North and South American endemic subtribe Blapstinina (Tenebrionidae: Opatrini) is tested through phylogenetic analyses using five molecular markers [nuclear ribosomal 28S (28S), cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII), arginine kinase (ArgK), carbamoyl‐phosphate synthetase domain of rudimentary (CAD), wingless (wg)]. Representatives of several opatrinoid subtribes were taken into consideration, including other geographically overlapping endemic genera, namely Ammodonus, Ephalus and Pseudephalus (all previously considered representatives of Ammobiina). A comparative study of morphology was performed to assess resulting phylogenetic hypotheses. Analyses support the monophyly of Blapstinina; however, they also strongly indicate that Ammodonus should be included within the subtribe. Mecysmus is nested within Blapstinus and therefore, a new synonymy, Blapstinus (= Mecysmus syn.n.), and the following combinations are introduced: Blapstinus advena comb.n., B. angustus comb.r., B. laticollis comb.n., B. parvulus comb.n., B. tenuis comb.n. Morphological analysis showed a close affiliation between Ephalus and Pseudephalus. Based on these results, Pseudephalus is synonymized with Ephalus [Ephalus (= Pseudephalus syn.n.)], and the following combination is introduced: Ephalus brevicornis comb.n. Recovered topologies also strongly support transferring Ephalus stat.n. into Opatrina, making the distribution of Opatrina amphi‐Atlantic.

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Molecular insights into the phylogeny of Blapstinina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini)

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On the Taxonomic Placement of Penichrus Champion, 1885 and a Synopsis of North American Opatrini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae)

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Study on the Relationship between Richness and Morphological Diversity of Higher Taxa in the Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

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Many studies have found that the correlation between species richness (SR) and morphological diversity (MD) is positive, but the correlation degree of these parameters is not always consistent due to differences in categories and various ecological factors in the living environment. Based on this, related studies have revealed the good performance of using higher taxa in biodiversity research, not only by shifting the testing group scale from local communities to worldwide datasets but also by adding different taxonomic levels, such as the genus level. However, it remains unclear whether this positive correlation can also be applied to other categories or groups. Here, we evaluated the applicability of higher taxa in the biodiversity study of darkling beetles by using 3407 species (9 subfamilies, 89 tribes, and 678 genera), based on the correlation between taxa richness and morphological diversity in the tribe/genus/species. In addition, the continuous features prevalent in the tenebrionids, pronotum and elytron, were selected, and the morphological diversity of various groups was obtained by the geometric morphometric approach to quantify the morphologic information of features. This study found that genus/species richness in subfamilies Pimelinae and Stenochiinae was positively correlated with the change trend of MD, and the correlation between the MD of elytron and taxa richness gradually decreased from the tribe-level to the genus-level to the species-level test. The results confirm the stable morphology and simple function of the elytron and the applicability of tribe level in biodiversity research.

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New Records of Three Non-Native Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Established in California and Nevada, USA

Cited by 3 publications

References 7 publications

Molecular insights into the phylogeny of Blapstinina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini)

Molecular insights into the phylogeny of Blapstinina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrini)

On the Taxonomic Placement of Penichrus Champion, 1885 and a Synopsis of North American Opatrini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae)

Study on the Relationship between Richness and Morphological Diversity of Higher Taxa in the Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

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