A5065910342- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
Charles University
2017-2023
Abstract The phylogeny of the fungus gnat family Mycetophilidae (Diptera) is reconstructed with a focus on species‐rich and taxonomically difficult subfamilies Gnoristinae Mycomyinae. multigene phylogenetic analyses are based five nuclear (18S, 28S, CAD, MCS, ITS2) four mitochondrial (12S, 16S, COI, CytB) gene markers. strongly support monophyly Manotinae, Sciophilinae, Leiinae, Mycomyinae, although paraphyletic respect to Mycetophilinae. All genera groups included supported as monophyletic,...
The systematics and the phylogenetic position of Caribbean representatives Phaenonotum Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) are investigated to understand composition fauna its origin. Phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial nuclear genes has revealed species be situated in three deeply nested clades, inferring multiple colonization islands from continent. Time-tree BioGeoBEARS analyses ancestral ranges estimated oldest clade, consisting wingless single-island endemics Cuba (P. delgadoi),...
Abstract Aim Although Antarctica hosted a diverse fauna and flora in the past, its modern climate is too extreme for many lineages: their recent extinction makes it difficult to include continent historical biogeographical analyses. We use southern temperate stream‐inhabiting beetles as model explore whether may be included biogeographic reconstructions group absent from today, test role shaping current distribution of insects. Taxon Coleoptera, Elmidae. Location Southern Hemisphere regions...
Abstract Megasternini is the largest group of terrestrial water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) represented by ca. 600 described species distributed worldwide. The highest diversity known from tropical areas all continents. In this study, we used sequences eight gene regions (five nuclear and three mitochondrial) to investigate phylogenetic relationships historical biogeography group, implementing maximum likelihood (ML) Bayesian topology inference, divergence dating, ML‐based...
Species of the genus Meladema (Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) are some largest macroinvertebrates in western Palearctic region, being top predators fishless streams. Two three described species, imbricata (Wollaston, 1871) and lanio (Fabricius, 1775) Macaronesian endemics from Canary Islands Madeira, respectively, while third, coriacea Laporte, 1835, is widely distributed Morocco Iberian Peninsula to Turkey, including Islands. Previous phylogenetic analysis using only mitochondrial markers...
Abstract This study summarizes available data on karyotypes of water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae), based newly acquired 23 genera and 64 species. We combine these with previously published data, which we review. In total, are for 33 95 species, covering all subfamilies tribes. Available indicate that most groups the Hydrophilidae diploid sexually reproducing, XY (♂) XX (♀) sex chromosomes; Y chromosome is always minute does not recombine X during meiosis....