Rarity and incomplete sampling in DNA-based species delimitation

D Ahrens, T Fujisawa, HJ Krammer, J Eberle… - Systematic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
DNA-based species delimitation may be compromised by limited sampling effort and
species rarity, including “singleton” representatives of species, which hampers estimates of …

The evolution of scarab beetles tracks the sequential rise of angiosperms and mammals

D Ahrens, J Schwarzer… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Extant terrestrial biodiversity arguably is driven by the evolutionary success of angiosperm
plants, but the evolutionary mechanisms and timescales of angiosperm-dependent …

Pushing short DNA fragments to the limit: phylogenetic relationships of 'hydrobioid'gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea)

T Wilke, M Haase, R Hershler, HP Liu, B Misof… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
Although phylogenetic studies are increasingly utilizing multi-locus datasets, a review of
GenBank data for the Gastropoda indicates a strong bias towards a few short gene …

A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini).

D Ahrens, W Liu, D Lukic, M Bai - Zootaxa, 2023 - europepmc.org
A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in | Create an account …

A transcriptome‐based phylogeny of Scarabaeoidea confirms the sister group relationship of dung beetles and phytophagous pleurostict scarabs (Coleoptera)

L Dietz, M Seidel, J Eberle, B Misof… - Systematic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae) are a diverse and ecologically important group of
angiosperm‐associated insects. As conventionally understood, scarab beetles comprise two …

An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini).

D Ahrens, W Liu, PV Pham, S Fabrizi - Zootaxa, 2021 - europepmc.org
An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae:
Sericini). - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in | Create an account https://orcid.org Europe PMC …

Phylogeny of the bristle worm family Eunicidae (Eunicida, Annelida) and the phylogenetic utility of noncongruent 16S, COI and 18S in combined analyses

J Zanol, KM Halanych, TH Struck, K Fauchald - … Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2010 - Elsevier
The bristleworm family Eunicidae is distributed worldwide and well-known for the large size
of many of its species, its hard jaws and its economic importance in the bait industry …

Anti-predator defence drives parallel morphological evolution in flea beetles

D Ge, D Chesters, J Gomez-Zurita… - … of the Royal …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Complex morphological or functional traits are frequently considered evolutionarily unique
and hence useful for taxonomic classification. Flea beetles (Alticinae) are characterized by …

[HTML][HTML] A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

S Fabrizi, WG Liu, M Bai, XK Yang, D Ahrens - Zootaxa, 2021 - mapress.com
In the present monograph, the taxonomy of the species of the genus Maladera Mulsant &
Rey, 1871 from China is revised. We recorded 224 valid species for China, including 152 …

Using taxonomic consistency with semi‐automated data pre‐processing for high quality DNA barcodes

B Rulik, J Eberle, L von der Mark… - Methods in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, large‐scale DNA barcoding campaigns have generated an enormous
amount of COI barcodes, which are usually stored in NCBI's GenBank and the official …