Project 3711: M. R. Chani‐Posse, J. M. Ramírez‐Salamanca. 2020. To be biased or to be Neotropical: systematic reassessment of a megadiverse lineage of rove‐beetles (Philonthina, Staphylinini, Staphylininae). Cladistics. 36 (2):194-217.
Specimen: Creophilus maxillosus (unvouchered)
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Abstract

Classifications in the world's tropics often involve an early and sustained adoption of Holarctic‐based patterns. Such is the case of the megadiverse subtribe Philonthina and its Neotropical (NT) members, for which generic limits are ill‐defined due to an alleged high level of homoplasy. Although a recent total‐evidence study confirmed the monophyly of a NT lineage, most of its species are assigned to the speciose genera Belonuchus Nordmann and Paederomimus Sharp, neither of them monophyletic. Here, we aim to reveal internal relationships within the NT lineage by the reassessment of characters from traditional morphology‐based systematics. Specific objectives are to test the monophyly of Belonuchus with regards to its only junior synonym, Musicoderus Sharp, as well as the placement of the six South American species of Hesperus Fauvel, a genus of Holarctic origin. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of the subtribe with focus on its NT lineage based on 132 morphological characters (50 of them novel) including 79 taxa from genera and/or species groups relevant to our study. Most novel characters assessed herein supported clades across Philonthina and its NT lineage. We found that the NT lineage diversified into at least seven clades, each of which provides a framework for future taxonomic studies. Among them, three clades containing the type species of Belonuchus, Paederomimus and Musicoderus (respectively) appear to be well supported and not closely related. The currently known South American species of Hesperus, however, are recovered within the NT lineage. We propose to resurrect Musicoderus from synonymy with Belonuchus and to transfer Hesperus novoteutonicus to Paederomimus as a new combination: Paederomimus novoteutonicus (Wendeler), comb.n.


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Article DOI: 10.1111/cla.12395

Project DOI: 10.7934/P3711, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P3711
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    [1] Arrowinus minutus
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    [2] Amblyopinus emarginatus
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    [3] Holisus prolixus
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    [4] Cyrtoquedius frenatus group
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    [5] Creophilus maxillosus
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    [6] Platydracus chrysotrichopterus
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    [7] Misantlius gebieni
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    [8] Xenopygus analis
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    [9] Nordus elytisi
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    [10] Philothalpus bilobus
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    [11] Philothalpus falini
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    [12] Actinus imperialis
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    [13] Agacerus pectinatus
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    [14] Belonuchus atticida
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    [15] Belonuchus barbicornis
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    [16] Belonuchus cephalotes
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    [17] Belonuchus gracilis
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    [18] Belonuchus albovariegatus
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    [19] Belonuchus cognatus
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    [20] Belonuchus haemorrhoidalis
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    [21] Belonuchus mordens
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    [22] Belonuchus pollens
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    [23] Belonuchus rufipennis
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    [24] Belonuchus subaeneus
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    [25] Bisnius sordidus
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    [26] Cafius seminitens
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    [27] Cafius xantholoma
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    [28] Chroaptomus flagrans
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    [29] Delgadobius amazonensis
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    [30] Ecitophytes coniceps
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    [31] Flohria subcoerulea
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    [32] Gabrius picipennis
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    [33] Hesperus argentinus
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    [34] Hesperus baltimorensis
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    [35] Hesperus bruchi
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    [36] Hesperus ferrugineus
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    [37] Hesperus novo-teutonicus
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    [38] Hesperus ornaticornis
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    [39] Hesperus tremolerasi
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    [40] Hesperus zitschkai
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    [41] Laetulonthus laetulus
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    [42] Leptopeltoides columbiensis
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    [43] Leptopeltus flavipennis
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    [44] Linoderus gracilipes
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    [45] Neopescolinus nevermanni
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    [46] Odontolinus fasciatus
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    [47] Ophionthus serpentinus
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    [48] Paederallus sp undescribed
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    [49] Paederomimus aeneiceps
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    [50] Paederomimus angusticollis
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    [51] Paederomimus capitalis group
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    [52] Paederomimus cf contractus
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    [53] Paederomimus difformiceps
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    [54] Paederomimus gentilis
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    [56] Paederomimus nigrinus
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    [57] Paederomimus nobilis
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    [58] Paederomimus pectoralis
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    [59] Paederomimus salvini
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    [60] Pescolinus palmatus
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    [61] Phileciton badariottii
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    [62] Philonthus bicoloristylus
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    [63] Philonthus bonariensis
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    [64] Philonthus callosipennis
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    [65] Philonthus caeruleipennis
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    [66] Philonthus cyanipennis
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    [67] Philonthus diamantinus
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    [68] Philonthus figulus
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    [69] Philonthus flavolimbatus
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    [70] Philonthus fulgipennides
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    [71] Philonthus laetipennis
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    [72] Philonthus longicornis
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    [73] Philonthus lynchi
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    [74] Philonthus nitidus
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    [75] Philonthus rectangulus
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    [76] Philonthus sericans
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    [77] Philonthus splendens
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    [78] Proxenobius borgmeieri
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    [79] Trapeziderus diversus
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