Evolution across the adaptive landscape in a hyperdiverse beetle radiation

Y Li, C Moritz, IG Brennan, A Zwick, J Nicholls, A Grealy… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
The extraordinary diversification of beetles on Earth is a textbook example of adaptive
evolution. Yet, the tempo and drivers of this super-radiation remain largely unclear. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenomics of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Atacama Desert

L Ragionieri, Á Zúñiga-Reinoso, M Bläser, R Predel - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Tenebrionidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) are a conspicuous component of desert
fauna worldwide. In these ecosystems, they are significantly responsible for nutrient cycling …

Preliminary phylogenomic analyses reveal multiple reversions to nocturnal behavior and morphology within the primarily diurnal tribe Adesmiini (Coleoptera …

KL Swichtenberg, MJ Kamiński… - Insect Systematics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The darkling beetle tribe Adesmiini (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae) is a prominent part of
African and western Palearctic desert faunas, with most species being day-active fast …

Revision of the darkling beetle genus Eurynotus (Blaptinae: Platynotini) and new records of ovovivipary in Tenebrionidae

R Lumen, MJ Kamiński - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The taxonomic concepts and monophyly of the southern African genus Eurynotus and its
subgeneric components (Biolus and Neosolenopistoma) are tested using cladistic analyses …

Redefining generic boundaries in subtribe Eurynotina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): taxonomy of the Schyzoschelus generic group

R Lumen, MJ Kamiński - The European Zoological Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The genus Heteropsectropus Kaszab, 1941 (Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Platynotini)
is revised to include the following three species: H. aenescens Kaszab, 1941 (type species); …

Dissonomini Medvedev, 1968: the eighth tribe of the subfamily Blaptinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

MJ Kamiński, AM Rork, ME Drake, CR Replogle… - Annales Zoologici, 2024 - BioOne
The phylogenetic placement of the tribe Dissonomini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is
investigated using sequences from a historical museum specimen of Dissonomus tibialis …