Four new species, DNA barcode library and pre-Pliocene speciation of the euedaphic Afromontane Clivinini genera Trilophidius and Antireicheia (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Scaritinae)

We describe and extensively illustrate four new species of euedaphic (= dwelling in the soil) Clivinini ground beetles: Trilophidius acastus sp. nov. and T. argus sp. nov. (both from Bioko, Equatorial Guinea), as well as Antireicheia calais sp. nov. and A. zetes sp. nov. (both from the South Pare Mountains, Tanzania). We generate and report all currently available DNA barcode (= cytochrome oxidase subunit I) data for euedaphic Afromontane Clivinini of the genera Trilophidius (2 species, four records) and Antireicheia (13 species, 43 records). We infer a phylogeny for these beetles using a Maximum Likelihood approach based upon a matrix of 53 sequenced specimens (dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-ANTIREI) with 658 aligned positions. All nominative species represented by two or more sequences are recovered as monophyletic. Both new species of Trilophidius form a weakly supported clade, while all seven species of South African Antireicheia form a moderately supported clade. The genus Antireicheia and the geographical assemblage of its six Tanzanian species are not monophyletic. We perform divergence time estimation in Afrotropical Antireicheia, and our analysis indicates that these lineages diverged predominantly in the middle or late Miocene. We highlight the notable lack of phylogenetic hypothesis linked with the vaguely and variably defined taxon “subfamily Scaritinae” and its subordinated taxa

Forest leaf litter beetles of Taiwan: first DNA barcodes and first insight into the fauna

We report the publication of 953 DNA barcodes of forest leaf litter beetles from central Taiwan, in total representing 334 spe- cies of 36 beetle families. This is the first bulk of data from the Taiwanese Leaf Litter beetles project focused on uncovering the under-explored diversity of leaf litter beetles across Taiwan. Based on these data, we provide the first records of the following taxa for Taiwan: family Sphindidae (genus Aspidiphorus Ziegler, 1821); tribes Trichonychini, Ctenistini, and Bythinoplectini (all Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae); genera Gyrelon Hinton, 1942, Thyroderus Sharp, 1885, Cautomus Sharp, 1885 (all Cerylonidae), Dermatohomoeus Hlisnikovský, 1963 (Leiodidae), Paraploderus Herman, 1970 (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae), Thinocharis Kraatz, 1859 (Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Cephennodes Reitter, 1884, Napoconnus Franz, 1957 (both Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae), Bicava Belon, 1884 (Latridiidae), Otibazo Morimoto, 1961, Seleuca Pascoe, 1871 and Acallinus Morimoto, 1962 (all Curculioni- dae); species Oodes (Lachnocrepis) japonicus (Bates, 1873) (Carabidae: Licininae), Drusilla obliqua (Bernhauer, 1916) (Staphylin- idae: Aleocharinae) and Coccotrypes advena Blandford, 1894 (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). The records of Anapleus Horn, 1873 (Histeridae) and Batraxis Reitter, 1882 (Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) have been confirmed. The male of Sivacrypticus taiwanicus Kaszab, 1964 (Archeocrypticidae) is described for the first time. Gyrelon jenpani Hu, Fikáček & Matsumoto, sp. nov. (Cerylon- idae) is described, illustrated, and compared with related species. DNA barcodes associated larvae of 42 species with adults, we are concisely illustrating some of these: Oodes japonicus, Perigona cf. nigriceps Dejean, 1831 (both Carabidae), Ptilodactyla sp. (Ptilodactylidae), Maltypus ryukyuanus Wittmer, 1970 (Cantharidae), Drusilla obliqua, Myrmecocephalus brevisulcus (Pace, 2008), Diochus sp., Mimopinophilus sp. (all Staphylinidae), Stelidota multiguttata Reitter, 1877, Lasiodites inaequalis (Grouvelle, 1914) (both Nitidulidae), Lagria scutellaris Pic, 1910, and Anaedus spinicornis Kaszab, 1973 (both Tenebrionidae). We also report the first cases of Rickettsia infections in Scydmaeninae and Pselaphinae. All data (sequences, metadata, and voucher photos) are made public in BOLD database and in a Zenodo Archive

Coleoptera of Brazil: what we knew then and what we know now. Insights from the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil

ABSTRACT In 2000, Cleide Costa published a paper presenting the state of knowledge of the Neotropical Coleopte ra, with a focus on the Brazilian fauna. Twenty-four years later, thanks to the development of the Coleoptera section of the Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna (CTFB - Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil) through the collaboration of 100 coleopterists from all over the globe, we can build on Costa’s work and present an updated overview of the state of knowledge of the beetles from Brazil. There are currently 35,699 species in 4,958 genera and 116 families known to occur in the country, including representatives of all extant suborders and superfamilies. Our data show that the Brazilian beetle fauna is the richest on the planet, concentrating 9% of the world species diversity, with some estimates accounting to up to 15% of the global total. The most diverse family in numbers of genera is Cerambycidae (1,056 genera), while in number of species it is Chrysomelidae (6,079 species). Conotrachelus Dejean, 1835 (Curculionidae) is the most species-rich genus, with 570 species. The French entomologist Maurice Pic is the author who has contributed the most to the naming of species recorded from Brazil, with 1,794 valid names in 36 families, whereas the Brazilians Ubirajara R. Martins and Maria Helena M. Galileo are the only ones among the top-ten authors to have named species in the 21st century. Currently, approximately 144 new species of Brazilian beetles are described each year, and this average is projected to increase in the next decade to 180 species per year, or about one new Brazilian beetle every two days

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian megadiverse fauna is no exception, and the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/), made public in 2015, represents a database on biodiversity anchored on a list of valid and expertly recognized scientific names of animals in Brazil. The CTFB is updated in near real time by a team of more than 800 specialists. By January 1, 2024, the CTFB compiled 133,691 nominal species, with 125,138 that were considered valid. Most of the valid species were arthropods (82.3%, with more than 102,000 species) and chordates (7.69%, with over 11,000 species). These taxa were followed by a cluster composed of Mollusca (3,567 species), Platyhelminthes (2,292 species), Annelida (1,833 species), and Nematoda (1,447 species). All remaining groups had less than 1,000 species reported in Brazil, with Cnidaria (831 species), Porifera (628 species), Rotifera (606 species), and Bryozoa (520 species) representing those with more than 500 species. Analysis of the CTFB database can facilitate and direct efforts towards the discovery of new species in Brazil, but it is also fundamental in providing the best available list of valid nominal species to users, including those in science, health, conservation efforts, and any initiative involving animals. The importance of the CTFB is evidenced by the elevated number of citations in the scientific literature in diverse areas of biology, law, anthropology, education, forensic science, and veterinary science, among others

A taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Setodyschirius with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae)

Bulirsch, Petr (2011): A taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Setodyschirius with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1): 55-81, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.450371

Figs. 15–22. 15–18 in A taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Setodyschirius with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae)

Figs. 15–22. 15–18 – aedeagus, right lateral view: 15 – Setodyschirius pseudozonatus sp. nov. (HT); 16 – S. storeyi sp. nov.(HT); 17 – S. monteithianus sp. nov. (PT); 18 – S. weiri sp. nov.; (HT). 19–22 – apex of aedeagus, ventral view: 19 – Setodyschirius pseudozonatus sp. nov. (HT); 20 – S. storeyi sp. nov. (HT); 21 – S. monteithianus sp. nov. (PT); 22 – S. weiri sp. nov. (HT).Published as part of Bulirsch, Petr, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Setodyschirius with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae), pp. 55-81 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.450371

Figs. 9–14 in A taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Setodyschirius with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae)

Figs. 9–14. Habitus of Setodyschirius species. 9 – S. pseudozonatus sp. nov. (differently coloured PT, 2.85 mm);10 – S. storeyi sp. nov. (PT, 3.30 mm); 11 – S. jabiru sp. nov. (HT, 2.65 mm); 12 – S. monteithianus sp. nov. (HT, 3.50 mm); 13 – S. weiri sp. nov. (HT, 4.05 mm); 14 – S. kangaroo sp. nov. (HT, 2.80 mm).Published as part of Bulirsch, Petr, 2011, A taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Setodyschirius with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae), pp. 55-81 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.450371

Contribution to the Asian and Afrotropical species of the genus Dyschiriodes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae)

Bulirsch, Petr (2009): Contribution to the Asian and Afrotropical species of the genus Dyschiriodes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 49 (2): 559-576, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.446813

Overview and new records of the species of the tribes Dyschiriini and Clivinini from Iraq (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae)

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Reicheadella corcyrea Reitter 1884

Reicheadella corcyrea (Reitter, 1884) (Figs 6, 11, 14) Material studied. 1 ɗ labelled “Gasturi, Korfu 2.IV. (19) 29. Beier”; “collectio Paganetti” (NMW); 5 specimens labelled: “ Greece, Kerkyra (Corfu), Vouniatades, under Laurus + Quercus ilex leaf litter, 31.3. 1998, M. Pavesi lgt.” (cPB). Taxonomic remarks. In order to define the systematic position of the separate phyletic lineages of the Balkan Reicheina more correctly, we represent here drawings and descriptions of the urite and the ventral view of the median lobe. Both have never been illustrated, in contrast to the several depictions of the lateral view of the aedeagus (Jeannel 1957: 176, Fig. 80; Casale et al. 1998: 95, Fig. 7; Giachino & Vailati 2004: 28, Fig. 5). A detailed ventral scheme of the parameres is represented too. Male genital armature. Urite as in Fig. 6; regularly rounded in basal and apical part alike, with prominent apical process, small subapical vertical lamella and subbasal swelling. Median lobe in ventral view as in Fig. 11; wide, straight, apically with bent to left side tip; internal sac situated in its medial and subapical part; copulatory piece with vague inner structures. Parameres more or less similar in size, somewhat different in shape as in Fig. 14; left one smaller, slightly bent before middle, its apical part widely rounded with one short and two long setae situated on equal distances from one another; right paramere larger, apically with one highly reduced (hardly visible) and two long setae situated on equal distances from one another.Published as part of Bulirsch, Petr & Guéorguiev, Borislav V., 2008, Taxonomic studies of the Balkan Reicheina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), with a review of the Albanian species, pp. 39-53 in Zootaxa 1679 on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18038