Pterostichini
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Carabidae
Name
Bonelli, 1810 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Cuneipectini Sloane, 1907. Syn. n.
- Cuneipectus Sloane, 1907; type species, Cuneipectus frenchi Sloane, 1907.
Material examined
Holotype, Cuneipectus frenchi [ANIC] and three additional specimens [ANIC, MCZ]; ten specimens of Cuniepectus foveatus Sloane, 1915 [EMEC].
Notes
Sloane described a new tribe for Cuneipectus suggesting that it belonged “at the beginning of the Trigonotomid series of the subfamily Harpalinae”, i.e. as sister to a group Pterostichini. Subsequent authors have placed it between Harpalini and Chlaeniini (Csiki 1931[1]), near chaetogenyines, chlaeniines, oodines, and licinines (Callistitae sensu Erwin and Sims (1984)[2] and Erwin (1985[3], 1991[4])) in Licininae (Lorenz 2005[5]) in Pterostichitae (Moore et al. 1987[6]) or Pterostichini (Lawrence and Slipinski 2013[7]). Moore (1965)[8] did not include Cuneipectus in his treatment of Australian Pterostichinae. Aside from the original description, there has not been a discussion of the characteristics of Cuneipectus. Its variable placement, non-inclusion in Moore's (1965)[8] treatment and frequent association with Chlaeniini and Licinini by various authors apparently stems from the species being described as having a single supraorbital setae in combination with the presence of an elytral plica. However, supraorbital seta number is variable, with some individuals having one and others two above each eye. Other characteristics are typical of Australian Pterostichini, including the presence of the spermathecal gland duct diverticulum (sgd) in the female (Liebherr and Will 1998[9]). The sgd is typical in many pterostichines including Australian taxa like Prosopogmus Chaudoir, 1865 (Will 2011[10]), Paranurus Tshitshérine, 1901 (Liebherr and Will 1998[9]) and Trichosternus Chaudoir, 1865 (Will unpubl.). The sgd is not known to be present in any Chlaeniini or Licinini. Additionally, preliminary analyses of DNA data (Will unpubl.) consistently places Cuneipectus with Australian Pterostichini. Based on this evidence, Cuneipectus is placed in Pterostichini and Cuneipectini is synonymized.
Taxon Treatment
- Will, K; 2015: Resolution of taxonomic problems in Australian Harpalini, Abacetini, Pterostichini, and Oodini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) ZooKeys, (545): 131-137. doi
Other References
- ↑ Csiki E (1931) Coleopterorum Catalogus 115 (Carabidae: Harpalinae V), 739–1022.
- ↑ Erwin T, Sims L (1984) Carabid beetles of the West Indies (Insects: Coleoptera): a synopsis of the genera and checklists of tribes of Caraboidea, and of the West Indian species. Quaestiones Entomologicae 20: 351–466.
- ↑ Erwin T (1985) The taxon pulse: a general pattern of lineage radiation and extinction among carabid beetles. In: Ball G (Ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. A volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr. (1904–1983). Series Entomologica, volume 33. Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht / Boston / Lancaster, 437–472.
- ↑ Erwin T (1991) The ground-beetles of Central America (Carabidae), part II: Notiophilini, Loricerini, and Carabini. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 501, 30 pp.
- ↑ Lorenz W (2005) A Systematic List of Extant Ground Beetles of the World (Coleoptera “Geadephaga”: Trachypachidae and Carabidae, incl. Paussinae, Cicindelinae, Rhysodinae). 2nd ed. Tutzing.
- ↑ Moore B, Weir T, Pyke J (1987) Rhysodidae and Carabidae. In: Walton D (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia, vol. 4 (Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga). Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, ACT, 20–230.
- ↑ Lawrence J, Slipinski A (2013) Australian Beetles Volume 1, Morphology, Classification and Keys. CSIRO Publishing, 576 pp.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Moore B (1965) Studies on Australian Carabidae (Coleoptera) 4.–The Pterostichinae. Transactions of the Royal entomological Society of London 117: 1–32. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1965.tb00042.x
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Liebherr J, Will K (1998) Inferring phylogenetic relationships within Carabidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from characters of the female reproductive tract. In: Ball G Casale A Taglianti A (Eds) Phylogeny and Classification of Caraboidea Coleoptera: Adephaga). Proceedings of a Symposium (28 August, 1996, Florence, Italy). XX International Congress of Entomology. Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, Italy, 107–170.
- ↑ Will K (2011) Taxonomic review of the Pterostichini and Loxandrini fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Carabidae). ZooKeys 147: 337–397. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.147.1943
