Revision of the pollen beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Audisio, Paolo; Sabatelli, Simone; Jelínek, Josef

doi:10.4081/fe.2014.71

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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.…”

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“…3 and Table 1 in Audisio et al (2015). Appendages: Antennae relatively short; ratio ANLE/ HWEA = 0.75; ratio CLLE/W10J = 1.28; ratio L03J/W03J = 2.1; ratio L03J/L02J = 0.90; ratio L03J/L04J = 1.50; ratio WFTA/LFTA = 0.33; ratio LETI/WITI = 3.50.…”

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“…SW and central China; known from Sichuan (Kirejtshuk 1979), Yunnan, W Henan, W Hubei and Gansu (Audisio et al 2015); here reported also from Tibet, Shaanxi and Chongqing (Fig. 4).…”

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“…Eleven of the species (M. chinensis, M. scrobescens, M. bourdilloni Easton, 1968, M. henan Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015, M. pseudochinensis Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015 inexpectatus sp. n., M. luteoornatus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015, M. brassicogethoides Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015, M. occultus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015, M. nigroaeneus Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015, and M. schuelkei Audisio, Sabatelli & Jelínek, 2015 form the M. chinensis complex, including a series of cryptic or nearly cryptic species, while the remaining two (M. pallidoelytrorum Kirejtshuk, 2013, andM. simulator Audisio, Sabatelli &Jelínek, 2015), form the M. pallidoelytrorum species complex (see Audisio et al 2015 and Figs 4-5 herein).…”

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“…The genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae, Meligethinae), established by Stephens in 1830, as re-defined and delimited by Audisio et al (2009Audisio et al ( , 2014 and , was recently revised by Audisio et al (2015). This genus includes some sixty species, mostly distributed in the Eastern portion of the Palaearctic Region, and all are associated with flowers of Rosaceae.…”

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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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Huang²,

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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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“…SW and central China; known from Sichuan (Kirejtshuk 1979), Yunnan, W Henan, W Hubei and Gansu (Audisio et al 2015); here reported also from Tibet, Shaanxi and Chongqing (Fig. 4).…”

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confidence: 99%

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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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Huang²,

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Preliminary investigation on other Nitidulidae beetles species occurring on rotten fruit in Reggio Calabria province (south-western Italy) infested with small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

Federico

Carlin

Montarsi

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Molecular phylogeny and host‐plant use (Lamiaceae) of theThymogethespollen beetles (Coleoptera)

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The 24 members of the Euro‐Asiatic genus Thymogethes are highly specialized pollen beetles associated as larvae with flowers of Lamiaceae Nepetoideae. All members of the genus were analysed in within the framework of an integrative taxonomy approach, which was aimed to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships, as well as the possible pattern of evolution of their larval‐host‐plant association. Evidence from multiple molecular markers [COI; 16S; H3], combined with an estimation of divergence times using an average rate of 0.0177 substitutions/site/My among branches, placed the origin of the genus at a minimum of 9–10 Mya. This date of origin approximates the known evolution of the host plants in Euro‐Mediterranean areas. Evidence from combined molecular and cladistic morphological analyses resulted in suitable agreement with the previously established morphology‐based systematics of the genus, although members of the exilis species‐group were split into three clades. The only disagreement between results of this new combined phylogeny and previous classification is in the exclusion of “Thymogethes” grenieri. This species is herein positioned outside the genus, based on molecular evidence. Our analysis depicts several Thymogethes species differentiating in the last few Mys, specifically those included in the T. lugubris species‐group. Combined evidence from DNA, morphology and ancestral state parsimony reconstruction of larval‐host‐plant associations suggests that subtribe Menthinae likely represents the ancestral host plants, with a series of independent host shifts during the radiation of the clade, in association first with Menthinae and subsequently with Lavandulinae and Nepetinae. Steno‐oligophagy is the most frequent (86%) condition, while strictly monophagous species are less numerous (14%).

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Revision of the pollen beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

Cited by 16 publications

References 21 publications

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)

Preliminary investigation on other Nitidulidae beetles species occurring on rotten fruit in Reggio Calabria province (south-western Italy) infested with small hive beetle (Aethina tumida)

Molecular phylogeny and host‐plant use (Lamiaceae) of theThymogethespollen beetles (Coleoptera)

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