Adephaga
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga
Familiae (12 + 6†):
Amphizoidae –
Aspidytidae –
Carabidae –
Cicindelidae –
Dytiscidae –
Gyrinidae –
Haliplidae –
Hygrobiidae –
Meruidae –
Noteridae –
Rhysodidae –
Trachypachidae –
†Colymbotethidae –
†Coptoclavidae –
†Liadytidae –
†Parahygrobiidae –
†Triaplidae –
†Tritarsusidae
[source: Bouchard et al. (2011); Duran & Gough (2020)]
Genus incertae sedis: †Protodytiscus
Clades
[edit]Geadephaga –
Hydradephaga
Superfamiliae incertae sedis: †Triaploidea
Note: Cladi and superfamiliae not used by Bouchard et al. (2011)
Name
[edit]Adephaga Clairville, 1806
Synonymy
[edit]References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Clairville, J.P. de 1806. Helvetische Entomologie oder Verzeichniss der Schweizer Insecten, nach einer neuen Methode geordnet mit Beschreibungen und Abbildungen. [Entomologie Helvétique ou catalogue des insectes de la Suisse rangés d'après une nouvelle méthode. Avec descriptions et figures.] Vol. 2. Orell, Füssli & Co. Zürich: 247 pp. BHL Reference page.
- Stephens, J.F. 1827–1828. Illustrations of British entomology, or a synopsis of indigenous insects, containing their generic and specific distinctions, with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food, and economy, as far as practicable. Mandibulata, Vol. I. Baldwin & Cradock, London. 187 pp., pls. 1–9. [published in parts: pp. 1–84, 1827; 85–187, 1828]. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Beutel, R.G. Ribera, I. & Balke, M. 2010. 3. Adephaga (addendum). Introduction and phylogeny. P. 21 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-019075-5.
- Beutel, R.G. & Ribera, I. 2005. 7. Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806. Pp. 53-55 in: Beutel, R.G. & Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-017130-9. Contents. Limited preview.
- Beutel, R.G., Ribera, I. & Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P. 2008. A genus-level supertree of Adephaga (Coleoptera). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 255–269. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2006.05.003
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- Beutel, R.G., Wang, B., Tan, J.-J., Ge, S.-Q., Ren, D. & Yang, X-K. 2012. On the phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta). Cladistics 29(2): 147–165. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00420.x
. Reference page.
- Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lyal, C.H.C., Newton, A.F., Reid, C.A.M., Schmitt, M., Ślipiński, S.A. & Smith, A.B.T. 2011. Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 88: 1–972. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
. PMC: 3088472
. Reference page.
- Bousquet, Y. 2012. Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.245.3416
. Reference page.
- Darilmaz, M.C., Incekara, Ü. & Vafaei, R. 2013. Contributions to the knowledge of Iranian aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera). Spixiana 36(1): 149–152. PDF.
- Dressler, C. & Beutel, R.G. 2010. The morphology and evolution of the adult head of Adephaga (Insecta: Coleoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 68(2): 239–287. PDF. Reference page.
- Duran, D.P. & Gough, H.M. 2020. Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships. Systematic Entomology 45(4): 723–729. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12440
. Reference page.
- Hunt, T., Bergsten, J., Levkanicova, Z., Papadopoulou, A., St. John, O., Wild, R., Hammond, P.M., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Caterino, M.S., Gómez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Barraclough, T.G., Bocakova, M., Bocak, L. & Vogler, A.P. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science 318: 1913–1916. DOI: 10.1126/science.1146954
. Reference page.
- Keller, O., Schnepp, K.E., Ashman, K.L., Turnbow, R.H. & Skelley, P.E. 2020. An annotated catalog of the type material of Adephaga and Myxophaga (Coleoptera) deposited in the Florida State Collection of Arthropods in Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Zootaxa 4744(1): 1–118. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4744.1.1.
. Abstract. Reference page.
- Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Prokin, A.A. 2018. The Position of the Palaeozoic Genus Tunguskagyrus Yan, Beutel et Lawrence in the Family Triaplidae sensu n. (Coleoptera, Archostemata: Schizophoroidea). Entomological Review 98: 872–882. DOI: 10.1134/S0013873818070084
. Reference page.
- Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2003–2004. Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera Vol. 1 ed., p. 26. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. ISBN 87-88757-73-0. Online (MS Word).
- Maddison, D.R., Moore, W., Baker, M.D., Ellis, T.M., Ober, K.A., Cannone, J.J. & Gutell, R.R. 2009. Monophyly of terrestrial adephagan beetles as indicated by three nuclear genes (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Trachypachidae). Zoologica Scripta 38(1): 43–62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00359.x
. Reference page.
- Putshkov, A.V. & Martynov, A.V. 2017. The type-specimens of Caraboidea beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) deposited in the collections of the I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Zootaxa 4237(3): 471–516. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.3.3 Reference page.
- Salah, M. & Régil Cueto, J.A. 2015. An annotated checklist of the aquatic Adephaga (Coleoptera) of Egypt III. Noteridae, Haliplidae and Gyrinidae. Zootaxa 4052(2): 187–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.3 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
- van Vondel, B.J., Ostovan, H. & Ghahari, H. 2017. An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4216(3): 225–246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.2 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Adephaga – Taxon details on Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).
- Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
- Maddison, D.R. 1995. Adephaga. Ground beetles, tiger beetles, whirligigs, predacious diving beetles, wrinkled bark beetles, and others. Version 01 January 1995 Online (under construction) in The Tree of Life Web Project.
- Atlas of beetles of Russia. Online.
Vernacular names
[edit]čeština: Masožraví
English: Adephagans
español: Adéfaga
suomi: Petokuoriaiset
magyar: Ragadozó bogarak
한국어: 식육아목
lietuvių: Plėšrieji vabalai
македонски: Месојадни бубачки
polski: Chrząszcze drapieżne
русский: Плотоядные жуки
svenska: Rovskalbaggar
українська: Хижі жуки
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