A New Species of Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Mountains of Jalisco, Mexico

Halffter, Gonzalo; Moctezuma, Víctor; Nogueira, Guillermo

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“…However, both molecular and morphological systematics analyses have shown it to be highly polyphyletic and composed of numerous lineages (Philips et al 2004b, Monaghan et al 2007, Tarasov and Génier 2015, Tarasov and Dimitrov 2016). Tarasov and Dimitrov (2016) reduced the tribe, Deltochilini, to just 20 genera comprising 457 valid species that are endemic to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions where they are, essentially, sister to other prominent tribes and lineages of these 2 regions (Halffter and Martínez 1977, Vaz-de-Mello et al 2011, González-Alvarado and Vaz-de-Mello 2014, 2021a, 2021b, Valois et al 2015, Cupello and Vaz-de-Mello 2018, Nunes et al 2018, 2020, Vaz-de-Mello and Cupello 2018, González-Alvarado et al 2019, Sawaris et al 2019, Silva and Valois 2019, Edmonds 2022, Halffter et al 2022, Nunes and Vaz-de-Mello 2022, Cupello et al 2023). To maintain monophyly within the Deltochilini this decision leaves many former Afrotropical, Madagascar, Oriental, Australian, and further Neotropical deltochiline genera without a certain tribal placement.…”

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“…Nevertheless, there is strong morphological evidence for monophyly in Coprophanaeus (Philips et al 2004b). As it presently stands, the Phanaeini is endemic to the Neotropical and Nearctic regions where it comprises 216 valid species in 11 genera (Génier and Patrick 2016, Gillett and Toussaint 2020, Moctezuma and Halffter 2021, Cupello et al 2022, 2023, Halffter et al 2022).…”

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Dung beetle tribal classification (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): progress, problems, and prospects

Daniel,

Davis

2023

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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The subfamily Scarabaeinae has been traditionally divided into tribes on the basis of morphological similarity between groups of genera or, even, dissimilarity shown by a single genus. Although various tribal units have been described over the past 220 years, they had been recently reduced to a maximum of only 12 through synonymies within some tribes. However, following the advent of morphological and molecular cladistic systematics, it is clear that there are many discrepancies between phylogeny and phenetic tribal classification. As a result the number of tribes has now been expanded to 20 by revalidating some tribes or describing new groupings although this revision is incomplete. Thus, this study provides a comprehensive review of the current status of dung beetle tribal classification with regards to validity in terms of monophyly versus polyphyly or paraphyly. We discuss the systematic position of tribes among Scarabaeinae and provide a summary of the generic and species structure for each tribe. Given the enduring polyphyly or paraphyly in several tribes, it is clear that further tribal units will need to be described or revalidated to resolve the discrepancies. Therefore, we discuss how to use multiple lines of evidence (molecular, morphological, biogeographical, and paleontological) to build the tree of life for dung beetles and consequently provide stability in the tribal classification of the lineage.

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Dung beetle tribal classification (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): progress, problems, and prospects

Daniel,

Davis

2023

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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The Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Cupello,

Silva,

Vaz-de-Mello

2023

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy of the New World Scarabaeinae dung beetles has since 1988 been going through a period of great effervescence. In the last 35 years, 81 complete revisions and 69 supplements have been produced by 86 authors based in 15 countries, addressing the taxonomic status of 950 species. This is what we christen as the Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles. We review the history and products of this revolution, explore its causes and its apparent exceptionalism among most other New World Coleoptera groups, and point to the many great challenges that still face the scarabaeine taxonomists. An aspect of interest to ecologists is the coevolution of the Taxonomic Revolution with what we call the Ecological Revolution of dung beetles, i.e., the similar expansion in ecological studies about these organisms. We argue that it has been the continuous feedback between these two simultaneous processes that has enabled each of them to exist and flourish: without the Ecological Revolution, the Taxonomic Revolution could not have existed, and vice-versa. Ecologists and taxonomists are partners in the scientific enterprise, symbionts one may say.

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A New Species of Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Mountains of Jalisco, Mexico

Cited by 2 publications

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Dung beetle tribal classification (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): progress, problems, and prospects

Dung beetle tribal classification (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): progress, problems, and prospects

The Taxonomic Revolution of New World dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

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