TY - JOUR
T1 - Discovery of the Quedius antipodum Sharp larva from New Zealand
T2 - phylogenetic test of larval morphology for Staphylinini at the intratribal level (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
AU - Pietrykowska-Tudruj, Ewa
AU - Staniec, Bernard
AU - Solodovnikov, Alexey
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Quedius antipodum Sharp is an endemic species from New Zealand. Here we describe its larva, the first of the species-rich group of the south temperate 'Quedius' spp. This finding throws light on the controversy between the conventional systematics of Quedius Stephens and newer phylogenetic analyses, both of which are based on non-larval characters only. We compare the larva of Q. antipodum with those of the north temperate Quedius (Quediina), where it was traditionally placed, and with the known larvae of Amblyopinina, a group where Q. antipodum was placed by recent phylogenetic studies. Sister-group relationships of Q. antipodum within the tribe Staphylinini are explored based on larvae by means of parsimony analysis: 77 morphological characters scored for 20 species from 17 genera. Consistent with the adult morphology and DNA sequences, larvae-based cladistic analysis confirms that Q. antipodum should not be placed in the north temperate genus Quedius. However, larval analysis alone remains dubious with respect to finding the exact sister relationships of that species.
AB - Quedius antipodum Sharp is an endemic species from New Zealand. Here we describe its larva, the first of the species-rich group of the south temperate 'Quedius' spp. This finding throws light on the controversy between the conventional systematics of Quedius Stephens and newer phylogenetic analyses, both of which are based on non-larval characters only. We compare the larva of Q. antipodum with those of the north temperate Quedius (Quediina), where it was traditionally placed, and with the known larvae of Amblyopinina, a group where Q. antipodum was placed by recent phylogenetic studies. Sister-group relationships of Q. antipodum within the tribe Staphylinini are explored based on larvae by means of parsimony analysis: 77 morphological characters scored for 20 species from 17 genera. Consistent with the adult morphology and DNA sequences, larvae-based cladistic analysis confirms that Q. antipodum should not be placed in the north temperate genus Quedius. However, larval analysis alone remains dubious with respect to finding the exact sister relationships of that species.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00612.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00612.x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0307-6970
VL - 37
SP - 360
EP - 378
JO - Systematic Entomology
JF - Systematic Entomology
IS - 2
ER -