… in two life history traits, host-type and phoresy, in the hypermetamorphic blister beetles,
Meloidae. … root node of our phylogeny because of the uncertainty regarding the age of family …

… multiple times along the evolutionary history of phoretic blister beetles. The main objectives
are (1) to provide a first molecular phylogenetic reconstruction including multiple lineages …

… history traits, in particular host-type and phoresy, within the hypermetamorphic clade of blister
beetles (Meloidae). … a mitogenomic phylogeny of the hypermetamorphic clade of Meloidae, …

… evolutionary history of Nemognathinae based on molecular data for the first time. We provided
a fossil-calibrated phylogeny that unravels the phylogenetic … to be phoretic on Apoidea, …

… to be using beetles for the sole purpose of phoretic dispersal, … hosts) and evolutionary (eg
co-phylogenetic studies of phoretic … and the general dynamics of how phoretic systems evolve. …

… In addition to movement to the nests of host bees to complete development, we provide
the first direct evidence that phoresy in Meloe also can result in dispersal prior to final host …

… In recent years, the molecular phylogenies of several insect families have been studied in …
been few studies on the molecular phylogeny of Meloidae species. Moreover, many studies of …

… Widely distributed phoretic blister beetles usually display … these lineages constitute two
diagnosable evolutionary units and, … concordant with mtDNA phylogenetic structure. Zoological …

… Few studies have examined the relationship between high … , we infer phylogenetic
relationships and lineage divergence times within Eupomphini (Meloidae), a tribe of blister beetles …

… of Meloidae ascribed to the tribe Tetraonycini, subfamily Meloinae. As for most blister beetles,
… Finally, we investigated the phylogenetic position of Meloetyphlus using molecular data, to …