Phylogenomics of Tetraopes longhorn beetles unravels their evolutionary history and biogeographic origins

N Gutiérrez-Trejo, MH Van Dam, AW Lam… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Tetraopes longhorn beetles are known for their resistance to milkweed plant toxins and their
coevolutionary dynamics with milkweed plants (Asclepias). This association is considered a …

Biogeography confounds the signal of cospeciation in Batesian mimicry

MH Van Dam, A Parisotto, MN Medina, AA Cabras… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Since the inception of the field of evolution, mimicry has yielded insights into foundational
evolutionary processes, including adaptive peak shifts, speciation, and the emergence and …

To design, or not to design? Comparison of beetle ultraconserved element probe set utility based on phylogenetic distance, breadth, and method of probe design

GT Gustafson, RD Glynn, AEZ Short… - Insect Systematics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Tailoring ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set design to focal taxa has been
demonstrated to improve locus recovery and phylogenomic inference. However, beyond …

Phylogenomics reveals within species diversification but incongruence with color phenotypes in widespread orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini)

S Sandoval-Arango, MG Branstetter… - Insect Systematics …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Coloration is an important phenotypic trait for taxonomic studies and has been widely used
for identifying insect species and populations. However, coloration can be a poor diagnostic …

[PDF][PDF] Metapocyrtus madayaw sp. n.(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Entiminae), a new flightless weevil from Eastern Mindanao, Philippines

AA Cabras, J Villegas, A Ponce, MND Medina - Far Eastern Entomologist, 2023 - biosoil.ru
The flightless weevil Metapocyrtus (Artapocyrtus) madayaw Cabras et Medina, sp. n. is
described and illustrated from Davao Region in Mindanao Island, Philippines. Holotype and …

Three New Mimetic Weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from Mt. Candalaga, Davao de Oro, Mindanao Island, Philippines

GG Obrial, DJD Agbas, MND Medina… - Zootaxa, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Three new species of Metapocyrtus: Metapocyrtus inangsabong Cabras, Obrial & Agbas sp.
nov., Metapocyrtus lumad Cabras, Obrial & Agbas sp. nov., and Metapocyrtus (Trachycyrtus) …

A shallow‐scale phylogenomics approach reveals repeated patterns of diversification among sympatric lineages of cryptic Neotropical aquatic beetles (Coleoptera …

SM Baca, GT Gustafson, DA DeRaad… - Systematic … - Wiley Online Library
The Notomicrus traili species group (Coleoptera: Noteridae) is a lineage of aquatic beetles
distributed throughout South America and extends into Mexico and the West Indies …

A shallow-scale phylogenomics approach reveals parallel patterns of diversification among sympatric populations of cryptic Neotropical aquatic beetles (Coleoptera …

SM Baca, GT Gustafson, DA DeRaad, A Alexander… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The Notomicrus traili species group (Coleoptera: Noteridae) is a lineage of aquatic beetles
distributed throughout South America and extends into Mexico and the West Indies …

[PDF][PDF] Rediscovery of Pseudapocyrtus schadenbergi Heller, 1912 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Pachyrhynchini) from the Apayao Lowland Forest, Northern …

MSV Legaspi, TLP Senarillos… - … Journal of Science, 2024 - philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph
Pseudapocyrtus Heller, 1912 was established by Heller in the tribe Pachyrhynchini with
Pseudapocyrtus imitator Heller, 1912 as the type species (Heller 1912; Schultze 1924; …

Two new species of Metapocyrtus Heller from Mindanao Island, Philippines (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Pachyrhynchini)

AA Cabras, PAC Buenavente, JP Villegas - Ecologica Montenegrina, 2024 - biotaxa.org
Two new species of Metapocyrtus Heller from Mindanao Islands are described and
illustrated: Metapocyrtus hamiguitan sp. nov., and Metapocyrtus mranaw sp. nov …