Tuesday, December 12, 2006
D0210

Molecular phylogeny of the handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera:  Endomychidae):  Who’s handsome and who’s not?

Floyd W. Shockley, fshockley@bugs.ent.uga.edu1, Kelly B. Miller, kelly.miller@byu.edu2, Joseph V. McHugh, jmchugh@bugs.ent.uga.edu3, and Michael F. Whiting2. (1) University of Georgia, Dept. of Entomology, 413 Biological Sciences Bldg, Athens, GA, (2) Brigham Young University, Department of Integrative Biology, 401WIDB, Provo, UT, (3) University of Georgia, Department of Entomology, 413 Biological Sciences Building, Athens, GA

Recent attempts to produce a phylogenetic hypothesis for Endomychidae based on morphology alone have failed to resolve the relationships between many of the subfamilies and between Endomychidae and other Cerylonid-Series taxa. A new phylogenetic analysis was conducted using molecular sequence data from ribosomal (18S, 28S), nuclear protein-coding (wingless), and mitochondrial (COI) genes. The resulting hypothesis was used to resolve the subfamilial relationships within the group and identify the placement of the family within the Cerylonid-Series.


Species 1: Coleoptera Endomychidae