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  • micro ct reveals hidden morphology and clarifies the phylogenetic position of baltic amber water scavenger beetles coleoptera Hydrophilidae
    Historical Biology, 2021
    Co-Authors: Martin Fikacek, Emmanuel Arriagavarela, Adam Brunke, Jennifer C Giron, Karol Szawaryn, Jana Bruthansova
    Abstract:

    Water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are a broadly distributed group with high extant diversity. However, reliable records from Baltic amber (Eocene) are scarce and limited to two un...

  • A review of the Asian species of the Cercyon unipunctatus group (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
    2018
    Co-Authors: Sergey K. Ryndevich, Fenglong Jia, Martin Fikacek
    Abstract:

    The dataset includes the original photodocumentation (unedited photographs and SEM micrographs) and the DarwinCore-formatted Excel datasheet of all specimens examined for the review of the Asian species of the Cercyon unipunctatus group (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) to be published in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae.

  • cretocrenis burmanicus the first mesozoic amber inclusion of a water scavenger beetle coleoptera Hydrophilidae
    Cretaceous Research, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew E Z Short, Martin Fikacek, Albrecht Komarek, Yusuke N Minoshima, Diying Huang, Chenyang Cai
    Abstract:

    Abstract Cretocrenis burmanicus , gen. et sp. nov. is described from Burmese amber and represents the oldest known amber inclusion of the family Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). The new genus resembles the small-bodied modern genera of the tribe Anacaenini and the subfamily Acidocerinae, and the morphology of the venter and male genitalia suggest that it belongs to the Horelophus+Crenitis clade of the tribe Anacaenini. The fossil is described in detail, illustrated, and compared with extant hydrophilid genera.

  • on wet rocks with snorkels immature stages of tritonus cascade beetles with unusual modification of spiracles coleoptera Hydrophilidae laccobiini
    Annales Zoologici, 2017
    Co-Authors: Grey T Gustafson, Martin Fikacek, Andrew E Z Short
    Abstract:

    The egg case and larvae of all three instars of the cascade beetle Tritonus complanatus Short, 2008 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are described based on specimens found co-occurring with adults and associated with them by comparing histone 3 nDNA sequences. The morphology of the larva is congruent with the phylogenetic position of Tritonus Mulsant, 1844 in the Paracymus-group of the Laccobiini, but also exhibits characters shared with larvae of Hydrobiusini, and some presumed adaptations to the hygropetric life style. The larva has open mesothoracic and abdominal spiracles situated on top of long spiracular tubes in the first instar, likely working as ‘spiracular snorkels’, and on low tubercles in later instars, along with a well-developed spiracular atrium. Similar spiracular morphology was found in the larva of the terrestrial laccobiine genus Tormus Sharp, 1884, and a brief examination of larvae of few other genera (Oocyclus Sharp, 1882, Hydrobius Leach, 1815) reveals that the peripneustic spiracular system (mesothoracic plus 8 abdominal functioning spiracles) may be more widespread in larval Hydrophilidae than currently believed.

  • a review of andotypus and austrotypus gen nov rygmodine genera with an austral disjunction Hydrophilidae rygmodinae
    Annales Zoologici, 2014
    Co-Authors: Martin Fikacek, Yusuke N Minoshima, Alfred F Newton
    Abstract:

    Abstract. The taxonomy and morphology of species related to the genus Andotypus Spangler, 1979 (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae: Rygmodinae) are reviewed in detail. Austrotypus gen. nov. is established for A. nothofagi sp. nov. (eastern Australia) and A. peruanus sp. nov. (Peru), both of which share the same morphology of the mouthparts and mesoventrite. The genus Andotypus is found to be endemic to central and sourthern Chile, containing two species: A. ashworthi Spangler, 1979 and A. araucariae sp. nov. Andotypus perezdearcei Moroni, 2000 is found to belong to the genus Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1854 (Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Coelostomatini), and is a junior subjective synonym of the introduced species D. abdominale (Fabricius, 1792). Adults of all species of Andotypus and Austrotypus are (re)described in detail and important characters are illustrated. Larval morphology and head chaetotaxy is described and illustrated in detail for Andotypus ashworthi and Austrotypus nothofagi, revealing...

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  • rediscovery of the neotropical water scavenger beetle protistolophus spangleri short with notes on its habitat and behavior coleoptera Hydrophilidae hydrophilinae
    Zootaxa, 2020
    Co-Authors: Andrew E Z Short, Larissa Santana, Cesar J Benetti, Neusa Hamada
    Abstract:

    The water scavenger beetle genus Protistolophus Short contains a single species, P. spangleri Short, 2010, known from southern Venezuela. The genus was hitherto known only from a single partly-incomplete male specimen, making it one of the rarest and most poorly known aquatic hydrophilid genera in the world. Only one other New World aquatic hydrophilid genus, the Ecuadorian cave endemic Troglochares Spangler, is known from a single specimen or locality. In a phylogenetic analysis of the Hydrophilini based on adult morphology, the genus Protistolophus was resolved as the sister taxon to the remaining genera of the tribe, implying it is an ancient and possibly relict lineage—it possesses a very unusual combination of characters, including a very weakly developed mesoventral keel. It was the only genus not included in a recent molecular phylogeny of the Hydrophilini as no suitable material was available for DNA (Toussaint et al. 2017).

  • cretocrenis burmanicus the first mesozoic amber inclusion of a water scavenger beetle coleoptera Hydrophilidae
    Cretaceous Research, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew E Z Short, Martin Fikacek, Albrecht Komarek, Yusuke N Minoshima, Diying Huang, Chenyang Cai
    Abstract:

    Abstract Cretocrenis burmanicus , gen. et sp. nov. is described from Burmese amber and represents the oldest known amber inclusion of the family Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). The new genus resembles the small-bodied modern genera of the tribe Anacaenini and the subfamily Acidocerinae, and the morphology of the venter and male genitalia suggest that it belongs to the Horelophus+Crenitis clade of the tribe Anacaenini. The fossil is described in detail, illustrated, and compared with extant hydrophilid genera.

  • phylogeny classification and evolution of the water scavenger beetle tribe hydrobiusini inferred from morphology and molecules coleoptera Hydrophilidae hydrophilinae
    Systematic Entomology, 2017
    Co-Authors: Andrew E Z Short, Jeffrey A Cole, Emmanuel F A Toussaint
    Abstract:

    The water scavenger beetle tribe Hydrobiusini contains 47 species in eight genera distributed worldwide. Most species of the tribe are aquatic, although several species are known to occur in waterfalls or tree mosses. Some members of the tribe are known to communicate via underwater stridulation. While recent morphological and molecular-based phylogenies have affirmed the monophyly of the tribe as currently circumscribed, doubts remain about the monophyly of included genera. Here we use morphological and molecular data to infer a species-level phylogeny of the Hydrobiusini. The monophyly of the tribe is decisively supported, as is the monophyly of most genera. The genus Hydrobius was found to be polyphyletic, and as a result the genus Limnohydrobius stat. rev. is removed from synonymy with Hydrobius, yielding three new combinations: L. melaenus comb.n., L. orientalis comb.n., and L. tumbius comb.n. Recent changes to the species-level taxonomy of Hydrobius are reviewed. The morphology of the stridulatory apparatus has undergone a single remarkable transformation within the lineage, from a simple, unmodified pars stridens to one that is highly organized and complex. We present an updated key to genera, revised generic diagnoses and a list of the known distributions for all species within the tribe.

  • on wet rocks with snorkels immature stages of tritonus cascade beetles with unusual modification of spiracles coleoptera Hydrophilidae laccobiini
    Annales Zoologici, 2017
    Co-Authors: Grey T Gustafson, Martin Fikacek, Andrew E Z Short
    Abstract:

    The egg case and larvae of all three instars of the cascade beetle Tritonus complanatus Short, 2008 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are described based on specimens found co-occurring with adults and associated with them by comparing histone 3 nDNA sequences. The morphology of the larva is congruent with the phylogenetic position of Tritonus Mulsant, 1844 in the Paracymus-group of the Laccobiini, but also exhibits characters shared with larvae of Hydrobiusini, and some presumed adaptations to the hygropetric life style. The larva has open mesothoracic and abdominal spiracles situated on top of long spiracular tubes in the first instar, likely working as ‘spiracular snorkels’, and on low tubercles in later instars, along with a well-developed spiracular atrium. Similar spiracular morphology was found in the larva of the terrestrial laccobiine genus Tormus Sharp, 1884, and a brief examination of larvae of few other genera (Oocyclus Sharp, 1882, Hydrobius Leach, 1815) reveals that the peripneustic spiracular system (mesothoracic plus 8 abdominal functioning spiracles) may be more widespread in larval Hydrophilidae than currently believed.

  • molecular phylogeny evolution and classification of the Hydrophilidae coleoptera
    Systematic Entomology, 2013
    Co-Authors: Andrew E Z Short, Martin Fikacek
    Abstract:

    The phylogeny and evolutionary history of the water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are inferred from comprehensive analyses of DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial genes COI, COII and 16S and the nuclear genes 18S, 28S and arginine kinase. Bayesian and maximum parsimony analyses included 151 taxa, representing all subfamilies, tribes and subtribes that have ever been proposed in the family, as well as representatives of the hydrophiloid families Helophoridae, Hydrochidae, Spercheidae, Epimetopidae and Georissidae. The resulting well-supported trees strongly disagree with prior classifications of the Hydrophilidae, suggesting that the smaller subfamilies (Horelophinae, Horelophopsinae and Sphaeridiinae) are derived from within the larger Hydrophilinae. The existing tribal classification is more compatible with our results, but many significant differences are evident. Here, we present a new classification of the Hydrophilidae comprising 6 subfamilies and 12 tribes. Each subfamily and tribe is reviewed in detail with (i) a morphological diagnosis, including known or putative morphological synapomorphies, (ii) its taxonomic circumscription, including genera not included in our analyses, and (iii) a review of its general biology and geographic distribution. A new identification key to subfamily and tribe based on adult morphology is also provided. The newly adopted classification requires the following taxonomic changes: the subfamily Hydrophilinae sensu n. is redefined to include only the tribes Amphiopini stat.n. (removed from the synonymy with the Chaetarthriini), Berosini, Laccobiini, Hydrophilini and Hydrobiusini (= Sperchopsini syn.n.); the subfamily Chaetarthriinae stat.n. is removed from synonymy with the Hydrophilinae and includes the tribes Chaetarthriini and Anacaenini (= Horelophinae syn.n.); the Acidocerinae stat.n. (= Horelophopsinae syn.n.) and Rygmodinae stat.n. (= Andotypini syn.n., Borborophorini syn.n. and Tormissini syn.n.) are elevated to subfamily rank; and the subfamily Enochrinae subfam.n. is established for the genus Enochrus and its relatives. The implications for the morphological evolution, ecological transitions and biogeography of the family are discussed.

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Janaina Câmara Siqueira Da ,cunha - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Levantamento da coleopterofauna (Insecta) aquática em Unidades de Conservação da Floresta Atlântica, Pernambuco, Brasil
    Programa de Pos Graduacao em Biologia Animal, 2015
    Co-Authors: Janaina Câmara Siqueira Da ,cunha
    Abstract:

    Este trabalho teve como objetivos inventariar a fauna de coleópteros aquáticos em ecossistemas do domínio Mata Atlântica em Pernambuco, caracterizando as assembleias da coleopterofauna aquática e comparando as Unidades de Conservação (UCs). Foram realizadas 24 coletas durante o período de Maio de 2013 e Abril de 2014 em doze UCs em ecossistemas lênticos e lóticos. Para a amostragem nos ecossistemas lênticos foram utilizadas peneiras e para os lóticos foram aplicadas três técnicas, a fim de amostrar os diferentes habitats disponíveis: Rede “D” e amostrador do tipo Surber, ambos com abertura de malha de 0,1 mm e manual que consistia em coleta dos substratos para peneiração. Foram coletados 406 indivíduos pertencentes a nove famílias de Coleoptera Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae e Noteridae, 38 gêneros e 62 espécies. Hydrophilidae representou 37% da abundância total, seguido de Dytiscidae (27%), Noteridae (27%) e a soma das seis famílias restantes com 8%. As famílias Hydrophilidae, Dytiscidae e Noteridae foram as mais abundantes e ricas, pois são famílias de besouros verdadeiramente aquáticos com ampla distribuição ecológica. A estação seca do ano teve maior abundância (58% do total) e riqueza de espécies, com 48 espécies sendo 26 espécies exclusivas desta estação em relação a estação chuvosa com 42% de abundância e 36 espécies, sendo 14 exclusivas. Os ecossistemas lênticos tiveram maior abundância (58%), em relação aos ecossistemas lóticos, que registraram maior riqueza de espécies (40). As RPPNs Santa Rita e N. Sra. do Oiteiro de Maracaípe apresentaram os maiores índices de diversidade de Shannon-Wiener e Simpson, respectivamente. As 62 espécies de besouros aquáticos são registradas pela primeira vez para a Região Nordeste do Brasil e, em especial, para o Estado de Pernambuco. Este estudo contribuiu para o conhecimento da coleopterofauna aquática, que é considerada bioindicadora de ecossistemas conservados, podendo ser utilizada como ferramenta na gestão e monitoramento de Unidades de Conservação.CAPESThis present study aimed to survey the fauna of aquatic beetles in ecosystems of Atlantic Forest in Pernambuco (Brazil), characterizing the assemblages of water beetles fauna and comparing the Protected Areas (PAs). Twenty-four samples were taken during the period from May 2013 to April 2014 in twelve PAs in lentic and lotic ecosystems. For the sampling in lentic, ecosystems it was used sieves and for the lotic ecosystems, three techniques were applied in order to sample the different habitats available: entomological net and Surber sampler (mesh of 0.1 mm) and manual that consisted to sample substrates for bolting. We collected 406 individuals belonging to nine families of Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae e Noteridae, 38 genus and 62 species. Hydrophilidae represented 37% of total abundance, followed by Dytiscidae (27%), Noteridae (27%) and the sum of the remaining 6 families with 8%. Hydrophilidae, Dytiscidae and Noteridae were the most abundant and richness, because they are families of true aquatic beetles with wide distribution. Dry season had higher abundance (58% from total) and species richness, with 48 species of which 26 species exclusives to this season compared to rainy season with 42% and 36 species of which 14 are exclusive. Lentic ecosystems were more abundant (58%) compared to lotic ecosystems that recorded greater species richness (40). RPPNs Santa Rita and N. Sra. do Oiteiro de Maracaípe presented the largest Simpson and Shannon-Wiener diversity index. Sixty-two water beetles’ species were recorded for the first time in the Northeast region of Brazil and, in particular, for the state of Pernambuco. This study contributed to the knowledge of aquatic beetles’ fauna, which is considered a bioindicator of conserved ecosystems and can be used as a tool in the management and monitoring of Protected Areas

  • Levantamento da coleopterofauna (Insecta) aquática em Unidades de Conservação da Floresta Atlântica, Pernambuco, Brasil
    UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE PERNAMBUCO, 2015
    Co-Authors: Janaina Câmara Siqueira Da ,cunha
    Abstract:

    Este trabalho teve como objetivos inventariar a fauna de coleópteros aquáticos em ecossistemas do domínio Mata Atlântica em Pernambuco, caracterizando as assembleias da coleopterofauna aquática e comparando as Unidades de Conservação (UCs). Foram realizadas 24 coletas durante o período de Maio de 2013 e Abril de 2014 em doze UCs em ecossistemas lênticos e lóticos. Para a amostragem nos ecossistemas lênticos foram utilizadas peneiras e para os lóticos foram aplicadas três técnicas, a fim de amostrar os diferentes habitats disponíveis: Rede “D” e amostrador do tipo Surber, ambos com abertura de malha de 0,1 mm e manual que consistia em coleta dos substratos para peneiração. Foram coletados 406 indivíduos pertencentes a nove famílias de Coleoptera Chrysomelidae, Curculionidae, Dytiscidae, Elmidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydraenidae, Hydrophilidae e Noteridae, 38 gêneros e 62 espécies. Hydrophilidae representou 37% da abundância total, seguido de Dytiscidae (27%), Noteridae (27%) e a soma das seis famílias restantes com 8%. As famílias Hydrophilidae, Dytiscidae e Noteridae foram as mais abundantes e ricas, pois são famílias de besouros verdadeiramente aquáticos com ampla distribuição ecológica. A estação seca do ano teve maior abundância (58% do total) e riqueza de espécies, com 48 espécies sendo 26 espécies exclusivas desta estação em relação a estação chuvosa com 42% de abundância e 36 espécies, sendo 14 exclusivas. Os ecossistemas lênticos tiveram maior abundância (58%), em relação aos ecossistemas lóticos, que registraram maior riqueza de espécies (40). As RPPNs Santa Rita e N. Sra. do Oiteiro de Maracaípe apresentaram os maiores índices de diversidade de Shannon-Wiener e Simpson, respectivamente. As 62 espécies de besouros aquáticos são registradas pela primeira vez para a Região Nordeste do Brasil e, em especial, para o Estado de Pernambuco. Este estudo contribuiu para o conhecimento da coleopterofauna aquática, que é considerada bioindicadora de ecossistemas conservados, podendo ser utilizada como ferramenta na gestão e monitoramento de Unidades de Conservação

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