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Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species

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  • Shao-Qian Zhang

    (Sun Yat-Sen University)

  • Li-Heng Che

    (Sun Yat-Sen University)

  • Yun Li

    (Sun Yat-Sen University)

  • Liang

    (Sun Yat-Sen University)

  • Hong Pang

    (Sun Yat-Sen University)

  • Adam Ślipiński

    (Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO)

  • Peng Zhang

    (Sun Yat-Sen University)

Abstract

Beetles (Coleoptera) are the most diverse and species-rich group of insects, and a robust, time-calibrated phylogeny is fundamental to understanding macroevolutionary processes that underlie their diversity. Here we infer the phylogeny and divergence times of all major lineages of Coleoptera by analyzing 95 protein-coding genes in 373 beetle species, including ~67% of the currently recognized families. The subordinal relationships are strongly supported as Polyphaga (Adephaga (Archostemata, Myxophaga)). The series and superfamilies of Polyphaga are mostly monophyletic. The species-poor Nosodendridae is robustly recovered in a novel position sister to Staphyliniformia, Bostrichiformia, and Cucujiformia. Our divergence time analyses suggest that the crown group of extant beetles occurred ~297 million years ago (Mya) and that ~64% of families originated in the Cretaceous. Most of the herbivorous families experienced a significant increase in diversification rate during the Cretaceous, thus suggesting that the rise of angiosperms in the Cretaceous may have been an ‘evolutionary impetus’ driving the hyperdiversity of herbivorous beetles.

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  • Shao-Qian Zhang & Li-Heng Che & Yun Li & Liang & Hong Pang & Adam Ślipiński & Peng Zhang, 2018. "Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-017-02644-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02644-4
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