Amarotypini

Amarotypini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Carabidae
Tribe:
Amarotypini
Genera

Amarotypus
Migadopiella

Introduction

Amarotypines are a small tribe of ground beetles (Carabidae), recognised as a distinct tribe since 1985.[1] The best known species is Amarotypus edwardsii of New Zealand, widely distributed throughout the three main islands, and arboreal in habits.[2]

Biodiversity and distribution
  • Genus Amarotypus: New Zealand (1 sp.)
  • Genus Migadopiella: Tasmania (2 spp.)
  • NOTES: (1) Published taxonomic work on the tribe is currently very limited, and the presence of undescribed taxa in the South Island of New Zealand has been noted;[3] (2) Migadopiella is somewhat provisionally included in Amarotypini [4]

Classification and phylogeny

Previously considered to be migadopines (before 1985), amarotypines are still often treated as forming a monophyletic subfamily Migadopinae with Migadopini,[5] but the phylogeny may be (Amarotypini, (Migadopini, Elaphrini)).[6] Alternatively, Amarotypini may form a clade with Promecognathini, again unrelated to Migadopini,[7] though this possible relationship has been disputed.[8]

Footnotes
  1. Erwin (1985)
  2. Larochelle & Larivière (2001)
  3. Larochelle & Larivière (2001)
  4. Baehr (2009)
  5. Baehr (2009)
  6. Erwin (1985)
  7. Liebherr & Will (1998)
  8. Ribera et al. (2005)

References
  • Baehr, M. 2009: A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Migadopinae from Tasmania (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A), 17: 95-103. ISSN 1801-7142
  • Erwin, T.L. 1985: The taxon pulse: a general pattern of lineage radiation and extinction among carabid beetles. pp. 437–472 in Ball, G.E. (ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Series entomologica, 33 ISBN 90-6193-511-3 (this volume) ISBN 90-6193-190-8 (series) Google books
  • Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) ISSN 0111-5383 ISBN 0-478-09342-X
  • Liebherr, J.K.; Will, K.W. 1998: Inferring phylogenetic relationships within Carabidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from characters of the female reproductive tract. pp. 107–170 in: Ball, G.E.; Casale, A.; Taglianti, A.V. (eds.) Phylogeny and Classification of Caraboidea, XX I.C.E. (1996, Firenze, Italy). Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino
  • Ribera, I.; Mateu, J.; Bellés, X. 2005: Phylogenetic relationships of Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002, with a revised molecular phylogeny of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 43: 284-296. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00324.x PDF
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