Four new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)

Liu, Meike; Yang, Xingke; Huang, Min; Jelínek, Josef; Audisio, Paolo

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4121.2.1

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“…As reported above, this new species is almost identical in external shape to Meligethes chi nensis Kirejtshuk, 1979, and allied species (Audisio et al 2015). The described female holotype was originally attributed (Liu et al 2016) to M. scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015, based on a series of male specimens collected in a few localities of SW Sichuan, including the Jiuzhaigou Valley where the new species was also found. Recently available (2016) additional material of both sexes of M. scrobescens from Hubei and Chongqing (see below) allowed us to discover that the female of this species, closely related to M. chinensis, exhibits an ovipositor closely resembling (as in Fig.…”

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“…This genus includes some sixty species, mostly distributed in the Eastern portion of the Palaearctic Region, and all are associated with flowers of Rosaceae. Five additional new species from China were recently described by Chen et al (2015) and by Liu et al (2016). An interactive key for the identification of all known species is currently in press (Scaramuzzi et al 2017).…”

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“…This paper is focused on the description of a new species from China, Northern Sichuan, based on a female specimen previously erroneously attributed by Liu et al (2016) to the closely related Meligethes scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015 (also known from Sichuan). The new species is a member of a clade (the Meligethes chinensis Kirejtshuk, 1979 species group).…”

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A new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on members of the M. chinensis species-complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae)

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Meligethes (Odontogethes) inexpectatus sp. n. is described from China, Sichuan Province. The new species is based on a female specimen previously incorrectly referred to as Meligethes scrobescens Chen, Lin, Huang & Yang, 2015, which was recently described from a series of male specimens collected in the same area. Both species belong to the taxonomically difficult species-group related to M. chinensis Kirejtshuk, 1979, including a dozen closely related species distributed throughout Nepal and SW and Central China. The true female of Meligethes scrobescens is also described, based on recently collected material from China (Hubei and Chongqing), including a series of male and female specimens. Diagnostic characters distinguishing the new species from all other known members of the M. chine nsis species-group and species-complex are discussed, and their overall range distribution are depicted. Additional data on geographic distribution and larval ecology of some of the closely related species are also reported.

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A new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on members of the M. chinensis species-complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae)

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“…and plum trees (Prunus spp. ), in Europe, Japan, and elsewhere [1, [11][12][13]. The closely related and purported sister genus Brassicogethes Audisio & Cline, 2009 (Figs.…”

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Rosaceae, Brassicaceae and Pollen Beetles: exploring relationships and evolution in an anthophilous beetle lineage (Nitidulidae, Meligethes-complex of genera) using an integrative approach

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Background: Meligethes are pollen-beetles associated with flowers of Rosaceae as larvae. This genus, in its present-day concept, consists of 63 known species in two subgenera, Meligethes and Odonthogethes, predominantly occurring in the eastern Palaearctic. We analyzed 61 morphological and ecological characters (128 states) of all species, as well as of 7 outgroup species from 7 Meligethinae genera (including the believed sister-genus Brassicogethes), to investigate their phylogeny. A parallel molecular analysis was carried out on 9 Meligethes, 9 Odonthogethes, 3 Brassicogethes and 2 Meligethinus species, based on DNA sequence data from mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and nuclear (CAD) genes, to obtain additional phylogenetic information on the group. Results: Morphological phylogenetic reconstructions supported the monophyly of the genus, and clades corresponding to purported subgenera Meligethes and Odonthogethes. Main species-groups were mostly recovered intact, however some unresolved polytomies remained. Molecular data suggested a different scenario, placing members of Brassicogethes (including 42 mostly W Palearctic species associated with Brassicaceae) as sister to Odonthogethes, with this clade being sister to Meligethes s.str. This alternative phylogenetic assessment suggests that the monophyletic clades Meligethes s.str., Odonthogethes and Brassicogethes should be regarded alternatively as three subgenera of a monophyletic Meligethes, or three genera in a monophyletic genus-complex, with mutually monophyletic Brassicogethes and Odonthogethes. Molecular analyses estimated the origin of this lineage at ca. 14-15 Mya from a common stem including Meligethinus. Conclusions: We hypothesize in the Middle Miocene (likely in Langhian Age), the first Meligethes specialized on Rosaceae, on which they subsequently radiated during Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene. This radiation was enforced by geographic isolation in E Asiatic mountain systems, and by larval host-plant specialization. Combined evidence from morphology, ancestral state parsimony reconstruction of host-plant associations, and molecular evidence, suggested that for Meligethes s.str., Rosoideae (Rosa spp.) represented the ancestral hosts, followed by an independent shift of ancestral Odonthogethes (ca. 9-15 Mya) on Rubus (Rosoideae) and members of Rosaceae Spiraeoideae. Other ancestral Odonthogethes probably shifted again on the unrelated plant family Brassicaceae (maybe 8-14 Mya in S China), allowing a rapid westward radiation of the Brassicogethes clade.

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“…The genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), established by Stephens in 1830, as re-defined and delimited by Audisio et al (2009 and Trizzino et al (2009), was recently revised by . Subsequently, six additional new species from China were described by Chen et al (2015) and by Liu et al (2016Liu et al ( , 2017. This genus now includes more than sixty species, mostly distributed in the Eastern portion of the Palearctic Region.…”

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New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)

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Meligethes (Odonthogethes) trapezithorax sp. n., M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n., and M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n. are described from Hubei Province, China, based on a series of recently collected specimens. The new species appear morphologically closely related to M. (O.) brassicogethoides Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Yunnan [M. (O.) trapezithorax sp. n.], M. (O.) occultus Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Yunnan [M. (O.) tricuspidatus sp. n.], as well as M. (O.) pallidoelytrorum Chen Kirejtshuk, 2013 from Sichuan and M. (O.) simulator Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Shaanxi and Gansu [M. (O.) luteomaculatus sp. n.]. The new species clearly differ from their closely related taxa by details of body shape and color, and the distinct shape of the male and/or female genitalia. The previously unknown male of the rare and localized M. (M.) elytralis Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Sichuan is described for the first time, and new distributional data of other Chinese species of the genus are presented, including M. (M.) semenovi Kirejtshuk, 1979 from Hubei, M. (M.) macrofemoratus Liu, Yang, Huang, Jelínek Audisio, 2016 from Hubei, M. (M.) auropilosus Liu,Yang, Huang, Jelínek Audisio, 2016 from Hubei, M. (O.) flavicollis Reitter, 1873 from Chongqing, M. (O.) wagneri Rebmann, 1956 from Shaanxi, M. (O.) pectoralis Rebmann, 1956 from Guizhou, and M. (O.) pseudopectoralis Audisio, Sabatelli Jelínek, 2015 from Sichuan. Meligethes (M.) cinereoargenteus is moved from the Meligethes nepalensis species group to the Meligethes auripilis species group. Additional data on geographic distribution and larval ecology of other species in the genus are also reported. An updated species checklist of the genus Meligethes is presented.

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Four new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)

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A new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on members of the M. chinensis species-complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae)

A new species of Meligethes Stephens from China and additional data on members of the M. chinensis species-complex (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae)

Rosaceae, Brassicaceae and Pollen Beetles: exploring relationships and evolution in an anthophilous beetle lineage (Nitidulidae, Meligethes-complex of genera) using an integrative approach

New and poorly known Meligethes Stephens from China, with bionomical data on some species (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)

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