Recognition and revision of the Phelister blairi group (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini)

Caterino, Michael S.; Tishechkin, Alexey K

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1001.58447

Browse by:

Article: Recognition and revision of the Phelister blairi group (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini)

Title

Recognition and revision of the Phelister blairi group (Histeridae, Histerinae, Exosternini)

By

Caterino, Michael S. (Michael Stephen), 1969-
Tishechkin, Alexey K

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-12-9

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1001

Pages

1--154

Subjects

Biodiversity , histeroidea , myrmecophily , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1001.58447

Cite This Publication

Article access

View Article

Copyright & Usage:

License Type URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights: https://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions
Copyright Status: In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
Rights Holder: Copyright held by individual article author(s).

Download:

All JP2 OCR PDF

expand Abstract

Forty-nine new species of Neotropical Exosternini are described in this work, representing the newly recognized Phelister blairi species group, within the large, heterogeneous taxon Phelister. Eight previously described species are also assigned to this group. Relationships within are indicated with several informal subgroups: P. blairi subgroup: (P. blairi Hinton, 1935, P. erwinisp. nov., P. fimbriatussp. nov., P. stellanssp. nov., P. sparsussp. nov., P. pretiosussp. nov., P. trigonisternus Marseul, 1889, P. globosussp. nov., P. serratussp. nov., P. geminussp. nov., P. paranasp. nov., P. asperatussp. nov., P. uniformissp. nov., P. miscellussp. nov., P. inbiosp. nov., P. sculpturatus Schmidt, 1893, P. tunkisp. nov., P. praedatoris Reichensperger, 1939, P. ifficussp. nov., P. genierisp. nov., P. marginatussp. nov., P. vazdemelloisp. nov., P. dilatatussp. nov., P. spectabilissp. nov., P. pervagatussp. nov.); P. amazoniae subgroup: (P. morbidussp. nov., P. annulatussp. nov., P. sphaericussp. nov., P. geijskesi Kanaar, 1997, P. fraternussp. nov., P. conjunctussp. nov., P. chabooaesp. nov., P. striatinotum Wenzel &amp; Dybas, 1941, P. notandus Schmidt, 1893, P. amazoniae (Lewis, 1898) comb. nov., P. arcuatussp. nov.); P. gregarius subgroup: (P. gregariussp. nov., P. praecisussp. nov., P. rudissp. nov., P. incongruenssp. nov., P. congruenssp. nov., P. praesignissp. nov.); P. umens subgroup: (P. umenssp. nov., P. almeidaesp. nov., P. chicomendesisp. nov., P. microdenssp. nov., P. matatlanticasp. nov.); P. curvipes subgroup: (P. curvipessp. nov., P. vilavelhasp. nov.); P. rio subgroup: (P. riosp. nov., P. semotussp. nov., P. uncinatussp. nov., P. inscriptussp. nov.); incertae sedis – unplaced to subgroup: (P. incertussp. nov., P. okeefeisp. nov., P. blairoidessp. nov., P. piranasp. nov.). Lectotypes are designated for the following species: P. trigonisternus Marseul, P. sculpturatus Schmidt, P. praedatoris Reichensperger, P. notandus Schmidt, and Discoscelis amazoniae Lewis. Preliminary phylogenetic analyses of the broader Neotropical Exosternini do not support the monophyly of the P. blairi group, nor of all of these subgroups, but the majority do fall within one large clade (which is potentially paraphyletic with respect to some other Neotropical exosternine genera). More work on the phylogeny and taxonomy of this diverse fauna is needed.