Molecular data illuminate the tribal relationships among rove beetles of the subfamily staphylininae coleoptera. Alexey solodovnikov after an examination of the newly collected material, as well as types, photos, and the original descriptions of the described species, we found that all characters used to define batrisodellus jeannel to be weak. Peucoglyphus bernhauer, 1926 is a genus of the rove beetle tribe staphylinini subtribe philonthina that was enacted for peucoglyphus corporaali bernhauer, 1926, a species from buru island in indonesia bernhauer 1926. Black and shiny, head and pronotum with deep dark blue metallic glance, elytra brilliant glossy, with strong metallic blue glance, scutellum brilliant, but darker, with violet glance. In canada, 1,048 species have been reported, but hundreds more remain to be either described or recorded. A new genus and species of staphylininae rove beetle from the peruvian.
Staphylinidae rove beetles is the biggest family of beetles, with around 60,000 species so far. Microct imaging of amber inclusions was performed using a zeissxradia microxct200 system with a tungsten xray source set at 60 or 70 kvp laevisaurus robustus brunke, zyla and solodovnikov, sp. New species and new combinations of asian batrisodes. The remarkable australian rove beetle genus wiley online library. Staphylinidae 3 is strapshaped, but not as long as in proteininae, and the mandible lacks a prostheca. In mat konf nauk, puszczykowo, 220495 szkodniki wtorne, ich rola oraz znaczenie w lesie secondary pests, their role and significance in forests. The classification of rove beetles and related groups is everchanging, and some entomologists estimate that staphylinids may eventually number well over. A new genus and species of staphylininae rove beetle from the peruvian amazon coleoptera, staphylinidae. Newly available material clarified the identity of q. Bulletin of the american museum of natural history 265. Keys for the identification of british staphylinidae this is the largest family of beetles in the uk and includes over species. Amber fossils were examined with a nikon smz25 stereomicroscope in air using strong. Toward new concepts of the genus quedius, subtribe quediina and reclassification of the tribe staphylinini coleoptera.
The beetle coleoptera fauna of the insect limestone late. Petersburg, russia vladimir gusarov, alexey solodovnikov zmhb. Please, send an email if you prefer this to sunday, 28 may. In this study, additional notes on 41 species of staphylininae new to certain turkish provinces are given. Keys to the genera of the staphylinidae of america north of. Rove beetles of the genus quedius coleoptera, staphylinidae of.
Revised concept of the genus euryporus erichson coleoptera. Australotarsiusa new genus of the rove beetle tribe. Pdf phylogenetic placement of the austral rove beetle genus. Since then nothing at all had been published about peucoglyphus for almost a century until schillhammer 2011 added three more species. Most rove beetles are predators of other insects and liv e on or in. The quedius mutilatus group, a very poorly known presumably monophyletic complex of wingless, possibly hypogean species confined to the tienshan mountains, is characterized as such for the first time.
With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is currently recognized as the largest extant family of organisms. By including numerous unrelated species together, such genera inhibit species discovery and taxonomic revisions, and they introduce noise in any. Keys to the genera of the staphylinidae of america north. Suborder polyphagasuperfamily staphylinoidea family staphylinidae at present, more species of beetles are known than of any other insect order. Chatzimanolis s, cohen i, schomann a, solodovnikov a.
Guinea coleoptera, staphylinidae, staphylininae alexey solodovnikov1, 1 zoological museum, natural history museum of denmark, universitetsparken 15, copenhagen 2100, denmark urn. Since batrisodellus cannot be clearly separated from batrisodes, it is placed in synonymy with the latter. It is an ancient group, with fossilized rove beetles known from the triassic. Rove beetles of the genus quedius coleoptera, staphylinidae of russia. It is divided into a number of subfamilies some of which are easily recognisable. Present taxonomic work on staphylinidae coleoptera in. The family staphylinidae belongs to the suborder polyphaga of the order coleoptera beetles. Molecular data illuminate the tribal relationships among rove beetles of. This paper provides easily usable keys to the subfamilies and genera of the beetle family staphylinidae of america north of mexico. Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles family staphylinidae. This species is dedicated to alexey solodovnikov zmuc, a specialist on staphylinidae and one of collectors of the specimen. Home archives no 401 2018 no 401 2018 taxonomy of the poorly known quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from middle asia coleoptera. Alexey solodovnikov phd danish natural history museum.
Alexey does research in systematics taxonomy and zoology. Xantholinus marasicus assing, 2007 represents the first record since the describtion of the species. Josh jenkins shaw, igor orlov, alexey solodovnikov. We target megadiverse, species superrich, landscape dominating, but heavily underexplored lineages of beetles, with a special emphasis on rove beetles staphylinidae, the largest family of living organisms. Nov 01, 2006 alexey solodovnikov, revision and phylogenetic assessment of afroquedius gen. E56b0ff638f548d7a5c10ea071eb4a99 corresponding author. Adam brunke, and alexey kovalev provided important comments on. Taxonomy of the poorly known quedius mutilatus group of. Keys for the identification of british staphylinidae. Mycophagy, or fungusfeeding, is widespread in coleoptera 14,15,16 and the occurrence of this feeding habit in older clades of many lineages 17,18. The staphylininae is a widespread and rather big subfamily of staphylinidae, comprising more than 6. If this is accurate it is possible that aristotles beetle was in fact timarcha chrysomelidae. Staphylinidae in early cretaceous spanish amber david perisa, stylianos chatzimanolisb, xavier delclosa adepartament destratigra.
Dispersal of thermophilic beetles across the intercontinental. Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the. The most biologically significant event of cenozoic climate change was during the eocene, when the climate of earth shifted from an equable greenhouse to a polarized icehouse eldrett et al. Adults of several species and larvae of a few occur in flowers. China 2 czech university of life sciences, faculty of forestry and. Present taxonomic work on staphylinidae in canada 1 present taxonomic work on staphylinidae coleoptera in canada.
Anderson3 1 zoological museum natural history museum of denmark, university of copenhagen, 15 universitetspar ken, copenhagen, denmark, 2100 dk 2 natural resources canada, canadian forest. The elytra are short and do not cover the last 35 abdominal. Though the family staphylinidae numbers well over 40,000 species worldwide, we still know relatively little about rove beetles. Novyi i maloizvestnye vidy stafilinid roda othius stephens coleoptera, staphylinidae fauny kavkaza.
Davies the rove beetles form one of the largest families of insects in the world with over 32,000 described species. Alexey solodovnikov, revision and phylogenetic assessment of afroquedius gen. Five new species of the genus paederus from mainland china. Rove beetles inhabit moist environments throughout the world. But its sistergroup relationships within staphylinini, and thus its subtribal position. Keys for the identification of british staphylinidae mikes. Staphylinidae introduction classification appearance habitat and food behavior structure and function causes of mortality importance to humans selected references introduction back to top.
Horaeomorphus solodovnikovi shares the highly modi. This etymology is followed by authors of other dictionaries. Description of the early cretaceous yixian formation, china fauna of staphylininae and paederinae rove beetles, and a rigorous maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and bayesian inference phylogenetic. Revised concept of the genus euryporus erichson coleoptera, staphylinidae, staphylininae and phylogenetic significance of staphylinini from new guinea alexey solodovnikov1 1 zoological museum, natural history museum of denmark, universitetsparken 15, copenhagen 2100, denmark corresponding author.
Alexey solodovnikov currently works at the biosystematics, danish natural history museum. Taxon names authored list may be incomplete 100 taxon names authored by alexey yurievich solodovnikov. A new species of peucoglyphus bernhauer from new guinea. Two new species of the genus pseudolathra casey from mainland china are described and attributed to their respective species groups, p. The beetle coleoptera fauna of the insect limestone. A spectacular new genus of staphylinini rove beetle from the tropical andes and its phylogenetic assessment coleoptera. The more or less spherical shape of this black beetle combined with the fact that it. Rove beetles of the genus quedius coleoptera, staphylinidae. No 401 2018 taxonomy of the poorly known quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from middle asia coleoptera. Paederinae, annals of the entomological society of america 1065, 562574, 1 september 20. The oldest aleocharine rove beetle coleoptera, staphylinidae in cretaceous burmese amber and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of hyperdiverse aleocharinae.
Baltic amber impact on historical biogeography and palaeoclimate research. Amongst those quedius cyprusensis last 1955 is the first record for the turkish fauna. As now constituted, staphylinidae are the largest family of beetles, with over 63,000 species known worldwide and probably over 75% of tropical species still undescribed. The body is usually narrow and elongated, measuring 1. Staphylinidae article about staphylinidae by the free. Some additional notes about staphylininae coleoptera. Staphylinidae of eastern canada and adjacent united states. For details on their preparation, see solodovnikov 2006. Adults and larvae occur in leaf litter, decaying fruits, moss, and under bark of dead trees.
Immature stages and biology of the enigmatic oxyporine. Alexey solodovnikov at danish natural history museum. Abstract the rove beetle tribe amblyopinini coleoptera. Staphylinidae introduction classification appearance habitat and food behavior structure and function causes of mortality importance to humans selected references. Mar 16, 2017 mycophagy and mycophagous oxyporine rove beetles. The rove beetles are a family staphylinidae of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra wing covers that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in. Staphylininae, annals of the entomological society of america, volume 99, issue 6, 1 november 2006, pages. Two new fossil species of omaliinae from baltic amber. The warmest period of greenhouse earth occurred during the paleoceneeocene thermal maximum petm that occurred at 55. Mycophagy, or fungusfeeding, is widespread in coleoptera 14,15,16 and the occurrence of this. Revision and phylogenetic assessment of afroquedius gen. Staphylinidae, staphylininae, new record, fauna, turkey. Revision of the australian genus logasa chandler staphylinidae, pselaphinae.
Adam brunke, alfred newton, jan klimaszewski, christopher majka and stephen marshall. Kusakowate coleoptera, staphylinidae towarzyszace zerowiskom ksylofagow i wystepujace pod kora drzew rove beetles coleoptera, staphylinidae accompanying saproxylic insects under tree bark. They contain the typical rove beetles with their long but fairly robust bluntheaded and tipped bodies and short elytra, as well as some more unusuallyshaped lineages. Habits and traits of rove beetles, family staphylinidae. Staphylininae is a recently discovered monophyletic lineage.
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