[PDF][PDF] Preliminary re-examination of genus-level taxonomy of the pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

P Audisio, AR Cline, A De Biase, G Antonini… - Acta Entomologica …, 2009 - academia.edu
The pollen beetle subfamily Meligethinae CG Thomson, 1859 (Nitidulidae), is distributed
throughout the Holarctic, Afrotropical, Oriental, and Australasian Regions. Previously, the …

A close-up view on ITS2 evolution and speciation-a case study in the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta, Viridiplantae)

L Caisová, B Marin, M Melkonian - BMC evolutionary biology, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Background The second Internal Transcriber Spacer (ITS2) is a fast evolving part of
the nuclear-encoded rRNA operon located between the 5.8 S and 28S rRNA genes. Based …

Integrative taxonomy of Teucriogethes pollen beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), with implications on the systematics of the genus Teucrium (Lamiaceae)

M Liu, Q Li, P Gardini, P Audisio… - Invertebrate …, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
In highly specialised phytophagous insects, important insights on phylogeny of the involved
insect group can be often inferred from the evolutionary history of their host plants, and vice …

Phylogeny and reclassification of Carpophilinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with insights into the origins of anthophily

GS Powell, AR Cline, AG Duffy… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The family Nitidulidae is known for its diverse life histories, with some species considered
economically detrimental pests, while others perform critical ecosystem functions. Despite …

Molecular taxonomic analysis of the plant associations of adult pollen beetles (Nitidulidae: Meligethinae), and the population structure of Brassicogethes aeneus

P Ouvrard, DM Hicks, M Mouland, JA Nicholls… - …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Pollen beetles (Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) are among the most abundant flower-visiting
insects in Europe. While some species damage millions of hectares of crops annually, the …

Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) molecular morphometric analysis based species delimitation of foliar endophytic fungi from Aglaia elaeagnoidea, Flacourtia …

N Sundaresan, EG Jagan, GR Kathamuthu, M Pandi - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Molecular morphometrics is an emerging third dimensional aspect of fungal species
delimitation. They have been demonstrated to be more informative than conventional …

Rosaceae, Brassicaceae and pollen beetles: exploring relationships and evolution in an anthophilous beetle lineage (Nitidulidae, Meligethes-complex of genera) …

M Liu, M Huang, AR Cline, E Mancini, A Scaramuzzi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - Springer
Background Meligethes are pollen-beetles associated with flowers of Rosaceae as larvae.
This genus currently consists of 63 known species in two subgenera, Meligethes and …

Revision of the pollen beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)

P Audisio, S Sabatelli, J Jelìnek - Fragmenta entomologica, 2014 - rosa.uniroma1.it
A taxonomic revision of members of the genus Meligethes Stephens, 1830 is carried out.
Taxonomic and distributional notes are provided on fiftythree Meligethes species, mostly …

The First Two Complete Mitochondrial Genomes for the Subfamily Meligethinae (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) and Implications for the Higher Phylogeny of Nitidulidae

J Dai, M Liu, A Di Giulio, S Sabatelli, W Wang… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The phylogenetic status of the family Nitidulidae and its sister group
relationship remain controversial. Also, the phylogenetic status of the subfamily …

Four new Palaearctic Brassicogethes (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Meligethinae), and phylogenetic inference on the B. coracinus group

P Audisio, AR Cline, E Mancini, M Trizzino, SS Avgin… - Rendiconti Lincei, 2011 - Springer
Combined morphological and ecological data, together with molecular evidence from a
companion paper, are presented to clarify the taxonomic position of four problematic …