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Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae); a Quantitative Cladistic Analysis with a Review of Biology View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Org. Divers. Evol. 1, 17–43 (2001) © Urban & Fischer Verlag http://www.urbanfischer.de/journals/ode Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian Coelometopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae); a quantitative cladistic analysis with a review of biology Patrice Bouchard1,*, David K. Yeates2 1 Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Queensland, St-Lucia, Queensland, 4072,Australia 2 CSIRO Division of Entomology, PO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601,Australia Received 05 August 2000 · Accepted 23 October 2000 Abstract The phylogeny of a number of diverse, tropical Australian lineages has been studied recently to lay the groundwork for biogeographic analyses. As part of this effort, we present here a cladistic analysis of the Australasian Coelometopini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Coelometopinae). A total of 101 morphological characters were coded for 50 taxa. Results show that the Australasian Coelometopini comprises several well-sup- ported clades and that the majority of flightless species from Australian high elevation rainforests form a single monophyletic group. Features of the female genital tube and ovipositor were especially useful in determining close relationship within the tribe.The Coelometopini has been redefined over recent years, and we synthesize and summarize the biology and ecology of the group taking into account the most current cir- cumscription. Key words: Coelometopinae, Coelometopini, north Queensland, wet tropics, phylogenetics, flightlessness, character evolution, genitalia Introduction (Baehr, 1995; Russell, 1997; Monteith, 1997). This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of these The rainforests of northeastern Australia support a fas- evolutionary and biogeographic processes in Australia's cinating and diverse biota (Keto & Scott, 1986) and the tropical rainforests using the tribe Coelometopini evolutionary history of taxa in this area has intrigued bi- (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Coelometopinae). ologists for several decades. The region consists of a The first entomologist who attempted to classify the narrow apron of forest at sea level, flanked by a series of large and morphologically diverse family Tenebrionidae mountains and dissected plateaus rising to as much as was Lacordaire (Lacordaire, 1859). His classification 1600 meters in altitude (Nix & Switzer, 1991). Histori- was based entirely on the external morphological fea- cal climate and habitat changes in the Quarternary Peri- tures of adults and with relatively few exceptions, the od have combined to promote speciation and endemism subfamilies, tribes and subtribes listed in his work re- in the region (Schneider & Moritz, 1998). Data from mained unchanged for over 100 years (Watt, 1967). Clas- vertebrates suggest that high altitude refugia were avail- sifications based entirely on larvae were available subse- able during rainforest contractions associated with ice quently but the first revized classification of the family age maxima and, as a result, several unrelated taxa show (including both larval and adult characters) came only 25 congruent patterns of distribution today (Joseph et al., years ago (Watt, 1974). The comprehensive investigation 1995; Williams et al., 1996; Williams, 1997; Schneider of internal features of adults made by Tschinkel & Doyen & Moritz, 1998; Schneider et al., 1998, 1999). Although (1980) has revealed several phylogenetically important data on invertebrate taxa are scant, it is clear that in- characters which were incorporated in a phylogenetic sects, especially those with low vagility, are excellent analysis of the entire family (Doyen & Tschinkel, 1982). tools for the study of mechanisms that resulted in high The currently accepted higher classification of the family species diversity and endemism in these rainforests Tenebrionidae is summarized in Doyen et al. (1990). *Corresponding author: Patrice Bouchard, Dept. Zoology and Entomology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia, Fax: ++617 3365 1922, e-mail: [email protected] 1439-6092/01/01/01-017 $ 15.00/0 Org. Divers. Evol. (2001) 1 18 Bouchard & Yeates According to these revized classifications, the described two species in a new Australian tropical “coelometopine lineage” (subfamily Coelometopinae) genus. has been regarded as the best defined higher group with- Because the tribe Coelometopini contains genera in the family. Doyen & Tschinkel (1982: p. 164) state and species which were previously placed in several dif- that the characters that differentiate the Coelometopinae ferent tribes, and subfamilies, the retrieval of the biolog- from other lineages are “unequivocal, and with the ex- ical information on its members is often complex. Here, ception of a few genera are fully expressed in all mem- we present a first review of various aspects of the biolo- bers”. The characters alluded to are all internal features gy and ecology of the species of Coelometopini. The in- of adults: 1) highly specialized ovipositor with modifi- formation presented is somewhat biased because the cations involving the paraprocts and coxites, 2) deriva- most significant work to date on the tribe has been done tion of the spermatheca from the distal part of the sper- on the fauna of America north of Colombia. Data on mathecal gland and 3) large abdominal defence reser- tropical fauna is especially poor and this review is in- voirs supported by annular sclerotized bands, and gland tended to trigger interest and information gathering on secretions reaching the reservoirs through one or a few all biological aspects related to this understudied, collecting tubules. Unfortunately, members of the sub- species-rich tribe. family Coelometopinae are often difficult to differenti- Several species of Coelometopini, because of their ate from members of other subfamilies on the basis of nocturnal habits, restriction to more or less intact forest external morphology of adults and dissection is often re- habitats and inability to fly are often scarce in collec- quired for adequate placement. The subfamily includes tions (Doyen, 1995). However, recent sampling of three tribes: Coelometopini, Strongyliini and Talanini northern Australia's rainforest invertebrates has re- (Doyen, 1989) and the present paper deals principally vealed a large number of previously undescribed with one of them, the Coelometopini. Coelometopini species (Monteith, 1995; Fig. 1). In this In catalogues and checklists published before the re- paper, we present the first phylogenetically based as- vized classification of the Tenebrionidae, members of sessment of the members of the diverse tribe Coelome- the tribe Coelometopini were often included in several topini. This preliminary analysis, based entirely on mor- other tribes such as Tenebrionini, Cnodalonini, Diaperi- phological features of adults, includes undescribed ni, Misolampini, Helopini, Bolitophagini and Nodoteli- species from the northern Queensland wet tropics as ni (= Eutelini) (Doyen & Tschinkel, 1982; Doyen, 1989; Doyen et al, 1990). Based on characteristics of the inter- nal female genital tube, ovipositor and defence reser- voirs, the tribes Misolampini, Nodotelini (= Eutelini), Hegemonini and Cnodalonini are now considered junior synonyms of the tribe Coelometopini (Doyen, 1989; Doyen et al, 1990). In this modern sense, the tribe Coelometopini contains a morphologically diverse group of taxa distributed worldwide, with the largest number of species being found in tropical and subtropi- cal forests (Doyen, 1989). Phylogenetic hypotheses within the Coelometopini are unavailable and the pro- duction of a meaningful generic classification remains a major task (Doyen, 1989), both within zoogeographical realms and in a world sense. Approximately 100 described species in the tribe Coelometopini are known to occur in Australia. The bulk of these species, as for most of the Australian tene- brionid fauna, were described late last century and in the early 1900's (Doyen et al., 1990). More recently, Kaszab included a number of Australian Coelometopinae species in his treatments of the Indo-Pacific tenebrionid fauna (e.g. Scotoderus Perroud (Kaszab, 1973), Dero- sphaerus Thomson (Kaszab, 1987), Promethis Pascoe (Kaszab, 1988a, b) and Strongyliini (Kaszab, 1977)). Additionally, Matthews & Doyen (1989) described the new genus Kaszaba from four species previously in- cluded in Menephilus Carter & Bouchard (in press) Fig. 1. Dorsal view of Caxtonana CM06, /. Body length = 12 mm. Org. Divers. Evol. (2001) 1 Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian Coelometopini 19 well as representatives of Coelometopini genera present wilhelminae Kaszab were collected at an altitude of in Australia and surrounding countries. 3600 meters. In the northern tropical forests of Aus- The three main goals of the study are: 1) to summa- tralia, the tribe Coelometopini seems to show pro- rize the information on the biology and ecology of the nounced restriction to high altitude rainforests (Montei- members of the tribe Coelometopini for the first time, 2) th, 1995). It should be mentioned here that a large num- to quantitatively test the hypothesis, using cladistic ber of flightless taxa inhabit only small patches of intact methodology, that the largely undescribed northern forest habitats and are potentially subject to local ex- Australia tropical fauna forms one or more natural, tinction if habitat degradation occurs. Of the
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