Bulletin of the american museum of natural history 265. E56b0ff638f548d7a5c10ea071eb4a99 corresponding author. The staphylininae is a widespread and rather big subfamily of staphylinidae, comprising more than 6. The classification of rove beetles and related groups is everchanging, and some entomologists estimate that staphylinids may eventually number well over. Habits and traits of rove beetles, family staphylinidae. Novyi i maloizvestnye vidy stafilinid roda othius stephens coleoptera, staphylinidae fauny kavkaza. Paederinae, annals of the entomological society of america 1065, 562574, 1 september 20. 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. By including numerous unrelated species together, such genera inhibit species discovery and taxonomic revisions, and they introduce noise in any. Staphylinidae, staphylininae, new record, fauna, turkey. Baltic amber impact on historical biogeography and palaeoclimate research.
Five new species of the genus paederus from mainland china. Two new fossil species of omaliinae from baltic amber. Staphylinidae of eastern canada and adjacent united states. Adam brunke, and alexey kovalev provided important comments on. Multilocus phylogeny defines a new classification of. Rove beetles inhabit moist environments throughout the world. But its sistergroup relationships within staphylinini, and thus its subtribal position. Petersburg, russia vladimir gusarov, alexey solodovnikov zmhb. 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. Staphylinidae in early cretaceous spanish amber david perisa, stylianos chatzimanolisb, xavier delclosa adepartament destratigra.
Though the family staphylinidae numbers well over 40,000 species worldwide, we still know relatively little about rove beetles. Keys for the identification of british staphylinidae mikes. Mycophagy, or fungusfeeding, is widespread in coleoptera 14,15,16 and the occurrence of this. Keys for the identification of british staphylinidae this is the largest family of beetles in the uk and includes over species. Because of the chaotic condition of the literature, keys to the genera of the subfamily aleocharinae are not provided. Adults of several species and larvae of a few occur in flowers. Taxonomy of the poorly known quedius mutilatus group of.
Staphylininae are a subfamily of rove beetles family staphylinidae. Present taxonomic work on staphylinidae in canada 1 present taxonomic work on staphylinidae coleoptera in canada. Description of the early cretaceous yixian formation, china fauna of staphylininae and paederinae rove beetles, and a rigorous maximum parsimony, maximum. The family staphylinidae belongs to the suborder polyphaga of the order coleoptera beetles. Revision of the australian genus logasa chandler staphylinidae, pselaphinae. Home archives no 401 2018 no 401 2018 taxonomy of the poorly known quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from middle asia coleoptera. Abstract the rove beetle tribe amblyopinini coleoptera. Since batrisodellus cannot be clearly separated from batrisodes, it is placed in synonymy with the latter. Australotarsiusa new genus of the rove beetle tribe.
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. Present taxonomic work on staphylinidae coleoptera in. Guinea coleoptera, staphylinidae, staphylininae alexey solodovnikov1, 1 zoological museum, natural history museum of denmark, universitetsparken 15, copenhagen 2100, denmark urn. This species is dedicated to alexey solodovnikov zmuc, a specialist on staphylinidae and one of collectors of the specimen. Staphylininae is a recently discovered monophyletic lineage. 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. China 2 czech university of life sciences, faculty of forestry and. Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the. Xantholinus marasicus assing, 2007 represents the first record since the describtion of the species. Alexey solodovnikov at danish natural history museum. Immature stages and biology of the enigmatic oxyporine. Revision and phylogenetic assessment of afroquedius gen. Molecular data illuminate the tribal relationships among rove beetles of.
Josh jenkins shaw, igor orlov, alexey solodovnikov. A spectacular new genus of staphylinini rove beetle from the tropical andes and its phylogenetic assessment coleoptera. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is currently recognized as the largest extant family of organisms. 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.
Staphylinidae 3 is strapshaped, but not as long as in proteininae, and the mandible lacks a prostheca. Some additional notes about staphylininae coleoptera. Molecular data illuminate the tribal relationships among rove beetles of the subfamily staphylininae coleoptera. Staphylinidae introduction classification appearance habitat and food behavior structure and function causes of mortality importance to humans selected references introduction back to top. Staphylinidae introduction classification appearance habitat and food behavior structure and function causes of mortality importance to humans selected references. In this study, additional notes on 41 species of staphylininae new to certain turkish provinces are given. The beetle coleoptera fauna of the insect limestone. Newly available material clarified the identity of q. The elytra are short and do not cover the last 35 abdominal. Alexey solodovnikov phd danish natural history museum. A website about the solodovnikov lab at the natural history museum of denmark, zoological museum, biosystematics section. The body is usually narrow and elongated, measuring 1. 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 warmest period of greenhouse earth occurred during the paleoceneeocene thermal maximum petm that occurred at 55.
In canada, 1,048 species have been reported, but hundreds more remain to be either described or recorded. 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. Revised concept of the genus euryporus erichson coleoptera. Davies the rove beetles form one of the largest families of insects in the world with over 32,000 described species. Staphylininae, annals of the entomological society of america, volume 99, issue 6, 1 november 2006, pages. Amber fossils were examined with a nikon smz25 stereomicroscope in air using strong. Nov 01, 2006 alexey solodovnikov, revision and phylogenetic assessment of afroquedius gen. This etymology is followed by authors of other dictionaries. This paper provides easily usable keys to the subfamilies and genera of the beetle family staphylinidae of america north of mexico.
It is an ancient group, with fossilized rove beetles known from the triassic. 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. The beetle coleoptera fauna of the insect limestone late. The more or less spherical shape of this black beetle combined with the fact that it. Two new species of the genus pseudolathra casey from mainland china are described and attributed to their respective species groups, p. Suborder polyphagasuperfamily staphylinoidea family staphylinidae at present, more species of beetles are known than of any other insect order. A new species of peucoglyphus bernhauer from new guinea. 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. Rove beetles of the genus quedius coleoptera, staphylinidae of. Alexey does research in systematics taxonomy and zoology. Staphylinidae rove beetles is the biggest family of beetles, with around 60,000 species so far. For details on their preparation, see solodovnikov 2006. 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. It is divided into a number of subfamilies some of which are easily recognisable. Alexey solodovnikov, revision and phylogenetic assessment of afroquedius gen.
Pdf phylogenetic placement of the austral rove beetle genus. Extinct and extant rove beetles meet in the matrix. Dispersal of thermophilic beetles across the intercontinental. 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 remarkable australian rove beetle genus wiley online library. Since then nothing at all had been published about peucoglyphus for almost a century until schillhammer 2011 added three more species. 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. Taxon names authored list may be incomplete 100 taxon names authored by alexey yurievich solodovnikov. Amongst those quedius cyprusensis last 1955 is the first record for the turkish fauna. Toward new concepts of the genus quedius, subtribe quediina and reclassification of the tribe staphylinini coleoptera.
Please, send an email if you prefer this to sunday, 28 may. An abundance of large and polyphyletic, poorly defined genera is a drawback of the current classification of the hyperdiverse rove beetle tribe staphylinini e. Horaeomorphus solodovnikovi shares the highly modi. Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in. Staphylinidae article about staphylinidae by the free. Rove beetles of the genus quedius coleoptera, staphylinidae of russia. 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. No 401 2018 taxonomy of the poorly known quedius mutilatus group of wingless montane species from middle asia coleoptera. A new genus and species of staphylininae rove beetle from the peruvian. Kusakowate coleoptera, staphylinidae towarzyszace zerowiskom ksylofagow i wystepujace pod kora drzew rove beetles coleoptera, staphylinidae accompanying saproxylic insects under tree bark. New species and new combinations of asian batrisodes. If this is accurate it is possible that aristotles beetle was in fact timarcha chrysomelidae. Chatzimanolis s, cohen i, schomann a, solodovnikov a.
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