TY  - JOUR
A1  - Żyła, Dagmara
A1  - Tokareva, Alexandra
A1  - Koszela, Katarzyna
T1  - Phylogenetic position of genera Acrostilicus Hubbard and Pachystilicus Casey (Staphylinidae, Paederinae) and their redescription
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Acrostilicus Hubbard, 1896 and Pachystilicus Casey, 1905 are North American genera known from only one and two species, respectively, and have never been a subject of a modern revision. In fact, Acrostilicus was not even properly described as its author provided only a sketchy diagnosis of the genus and species. Here, we provide a redescription of the genus Acrostilicus and its species and illustrate the habitus and male genital features. For the first time, we also redescribe Pachystilicus and its two species, and provide their differential diagnoses. Additionally, we tested the phylogenetic position of both genera. They were scored into a morphological matrix supplemented with molecular data and the analyses were run using Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood methods. A total of 119 morphological characters and 4859 bp of nuclear (28S, TP, Wg, CADA, CADC, ArgK) and mitochondrial (COI) sequences were analysed for 46 taxa. The results confirmed that both Acrostilicus and Pachystilicus are members of the subtribe Stilicina, but at the same time challenged the monophyly of the subtribe in its current composition. Additionally, we provided further evidence for non-monophyly of the subtribe Medonina and discussed the biology of Acrostilicus and Pachystilicus.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 819 :1-22 
KW  - beetles
KW  - morphology
KW  - systematics
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - phylogeny
KW  - total-evidence analysis
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/67499
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-674999
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2022
IS  - 819
SP  - 1
EP  - 22
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -