A new genus for the Neotropical species of Aesalus Fabricius, with descriptions of eight new species (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae)
Author
Paulsen, M. J.
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Insecta Mundi
2013
2013-10-11
2013
325
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5178341
1942-1354
5178341
158EEA07-5357-4F7B-B8DF-C1B77EFE4DCB
Phylogeny of
Trogellus
and Aesalini
Taxonomic sampling and specimen vouchering
Sequences were analyzed for 47 taxa selected from a larger matrix examining the world
Lucanidae
(Paulsen and Hawks, in prep.), with 22 outgroup and 25 ingroup taxa (
Aesalinae
). The subfamily
Aesalinae
is represented by all three tribes and all nine genera. Of the ten species of
Trogellus
,
only two could not be included in the analyses: the most recent specimens of
T. neotropicalis
located were the original type series from 1888; I could not amplify DNA from the
holotype
and only known specimen of
T. catrachitus
. Outgroup taxa included
Geotrupidae
,
Bolboceratidae
, and
Pleocomidae
that were shown to be the sister group to the remaining Scarabaeoidea in
Smith et al. (2006)
;
Trogidae
and
Glaresidae
, which comprise the sister group to
Lucanidae
according to
Smith et al. (2006)
; and exemplars of the other three lucanid subfamilies (Lampriminae, Syndesinae, and
Lucaninae
). Outgroup taxa were chosen that had the most complete data for all gene regions in the study.
Sequenced
specimens are identified by voucher labels and are currently housed in the
MJPC
,
UNSM
, or
David C. Hawks Collection
(Riverside,
CA
;
DCHC
).
Holotype
specimens that were sequenced are deposited at the institutions indicated in their descriptions. See
Table S1
for a complete listing of included sequences and voucher locations.