The phylogenetic and geographic limits of Leptodirini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with a description of Sciaphyes shestakovi sp. n. from the Russian Far East
The tribe Leptodirini of the beetle family Leiodidae is one of the most diverse radiations of cave animals, with a distribution centred north of the Mediterranean basin from the Iberian Peninsula to Iran. Six genera outside this core area, most notably Platycholeus Horn, 1880 in the western United States and others in East Asia, have been assumed to be related to Leptodirini. We studied recently collected specimens of three of these extraterritorial genera, namely Platycholeus, Fusi Perkovsky, 1989 and Sciaphyes Jeannel, 1910, and establish their phylogenetic relationships by analysing a combination of ca. 5 Kb of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences with Bayesian Probability and Maximum Likelihood methods.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Museum für Tierkunde Dresden (Germany)
2011-07-21
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| Subjects: | Sciaphyes shestakovi sp. n., Platycholeus, Fusi, Leptodirini, Siberia, Russia, Phylogeny, Subterranean environment, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/42603 |
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