Towards a phylogeny of the Tenebrionoidea (Coleoptera)

Molecular phylogeny of bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on 18 molecular markers

“…Nevertheless, important advancements were recently achieved, especially in those groups on which more attention was focused, with studies including a large number of species and several markers , Gunter et al, 2014, Kim and Farrell, 2015.…”

The first fossil wedge-shaped beetle (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae) from the middle Jurassic of China

“…He hypothesized an early divergence between Ripiphorinae and the ancestral lineage, then Hemirhipidiinae and Ripidiinae became the most derived sister groups and Pelecotominae was considered the most primitive subfamily, though it is possibly a non-monophyletic group. The monophyly of Ripiphoridae is also not supported in recent molecular phylogenetic studies (Gunter et al 2014;Kergoat et al 2014;McKenna et al 2015;Batelka et al 2016a). Furthermore, Batelka et al (2016a) recovered paraphyletic Ripiphoridae with Mordellidae as a terminal clade and found Pelecotominae to be sister to remaining ripiphorids and mordellids, with a deep split among pelecotomines and ripiphorid lineages.…”

“…Recently, some molecular phylogenetic studies have given some new insights into the phylogenetic position of Ripiphoridae. Gunter et al (2014) used six genes to resolve family-level phylogenies of Tenebrionoidea. The results of Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian analysis supported that Ripiphoridae is sister to Mordellidae and the monophyly of the clade Ripiphoridae + Mordellidae.…”

Early Cretaceous origin of pollen‐feeding beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)

“…Similarly, some unusual exceptions occur in taxa that have 5–5–4 tarsal formula and are included in other groups (e.g. the staphylinid subfamily Euaesthetinae Thomson, 1859) (Lawrence et al., ; Gunter et al., ).…”

“…Furthermore, some species that are currently included in Pedilinae Lacordaire, 1859 (Pyrochroidae) were initially described in Oedemeridae (Lawrence, ). Although Oedemeridae has been confirmed as monophyletic, Pyrochroidae remains paraphyletic (Levkanicová, ; Gunter et al., ). Despite their similar antennal structure, a connection between Oedemeridae and Lagriinae has never been proposed.…”