From Broun to Bayesian: morphological and molecular investigations of the Zopheridae of New Zealand

The Zopheridae of New Zealand are remarkably speciose, containing more than 10% of the described members of the cosmopolitan family. New Zealand zopherids exhibit high levels of endemism and occupy a number of ecological niches across both islands. Since the major descriptive efforts of Broun in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, little work has been done on this enigmatic fauna. A robust preliminary phylogeny of the New Zealand members (650+ taxa for COI and 28S) and a morphological investigation of the generic boundaries are presented.