International Meeting on Biology and Systematics of Staphylinidae

22nd <strong>International</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> on Biology and Systematics of Staphylinidae 2007 – abstracts
From KhD Mts. we know 27 species, seven of these have Holarctic distributional patterns,
3 are Palaearctic, 9 European Siberian, 8 East Palaearctic (3 widely distributed in the
East Palaearctic region, 1 in the Baikal region, 1 in KhD and ES Mts., 3 KhD endemics). For
ES 20 species are known: 10 Holarctic, 1 Palaearctic, 4 – European Siberian, 5 East Palaearctic
(3 widely distributed in the East Palaearctic, 1 in KhD and ES Mts., 1 ES endemic). At
present time, for high altitudes of KhD Mts. 3 endemic species are known: Lesteva dabanensis
Shavrin et al., L. czerskyi Shavrin, Boreaphilus komsomolkae Shavrin et al. and for ES
Lesteva brathinoides Zerche. Coryphium nataliae Shavrin is a common endemic for KhD and
ES Mts. A large number of new taxa from the alpine zone of south Siberia may be discovered
in the future, especially Coryphiini, Lesteva and Eusphalerum.
The inhabitants of the alpine zone are organised into three groups on the basis of their
connections with this zone:
1. Eualpine species, living in alpine tundra under stones, near snowpatches, mountain
streams and in wet mosses;
2. Montane species, found in the forest zone, but extending into the alpine zone (species
inhabiting litter, floricolous species);
3. Polyzonal species, occasionally colonizing biotopes of the alpine zone (species connected
with rotting organic material, such as Omalium; xylophilous and mycetophilous species).
Towards new classification of the tribe Staphylinini (Staphylinidae:
Staphylininae)
A.Y. SOLODOVNIKOV
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen
e-mail: asolodovnikov@snm.ku.dk
The tribe Staphylinini which includes 211 described genera, and more than 5,300 described
species, is obviously monophyletic, worldwide distributed and very diverse group of
rove beetles. It is important to have a phylogeny-based system for any reference and further
study of the so large group of organisms. However, no special broad project focused on the
phylogeny of Staphylinini has ever been undertaken.
The existing classification of the tribe is largely conventional and consists of nine
vaguely delimited subtribes with unknown interrelationships. Preliminary large-scale phylogenetic
analysis, based on the morphology of adults, conducted for the first time for the
tribe, does not support this classification. It defines a new evolutionary pattern for the tribe,
which seems to be consistent with the very fragmentary fossil record and current distribution
pattern of Staphylinini.
The newly presented phylogenteic hypothesis helps to plan a larger study which would
be based on the even broader taxon sample and a combination of adult and larval morphological,
as well as molecular characters.
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