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dc.contributor.authorGirón, Jennifer C.
dc.contributor.authorShort, Andrew Edward Z.
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T22:16:20Z
dc.date.available2021-12-08T22:16:20Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-18
dc.identifier.citationGirón, J. C., & Short, A. (2021). The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species. ZooKeys, 1045, 1–236. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/32276
dc.description.abstractThe cosmopolitan subfamily Acidocerinae (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) is one of the largest and most taxonomically challenging lineages of water scavenger beetles. Recent phylogenetic studies have substantially advanced our understanding of acidocerine relationships but also illuminated the twin challenges of poorly delineated generic concepts and a classification broadly incompatible with the phylogeny. Here, these two challenges are addressed by providing a comprehensive synthesis and taxonomic tools for the Acidocerinae, including (1) a brief history and the current state of acidocerine classification, (2) a review of acidocerine ecology and collection methods, (3) the current knowledge of larval and fossil acidocerines, (4) a morphological primer on characters of taxonomic and systematic importance within the lineage, (5) a key to the world genera of Acidocerinae, (6) diagnoses, habitus, and aedeagal images, distribution maps, and summary of knowledge for each of the 23 extant genera in the subfamily, and (7) a complete annotated taxonomic catalog including the published distributions, synonyms, and references for all described 541 acidocerine species recognized as of 1 April 2021. The following nomenclatural acts are proposed to bring the phylogeny and classification into alignment: Colossochares gen. nov. is established to accommodate two African species previously described as Helochares (s. str.); Novochares gen. nov. is newly established to accommodate 15 Neotropical species previously included in Helochares (s. str.); the remaining Helochares subgenera Helocharimorphus Kuwert syn. nov. and Hydrobaticus MacLeay syn. nov. are synonymized with Helochares Mulsant. Peltochares Régimbart sensu nov. is redefined to include eight Old World species previously included in Helochares (s. str.). A lectotype is designated for Peltochares conspicuus Régimbart, the type species of the genus. The taxonomic and morphological circumscription of Helochares sensu nov. is narrowed and redefined.en_US
dc.publisherPensoft Publishersen_US
dc.rightsCopyright J.C. Girón, A.E.Z. Short. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectAquatic beetlesen_US
dc.subjectDistributionen_US
dc.subjectNew taxaen_US
dc.subjectNomenclatureen_US
dc.subjectReferencesen_US
dc.subjectWater scavenger beetlesen_US
dc.titleThe Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of speciesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorShort, Andrew Edward Z.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology and Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher versionen_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.identifier.pmidPMC8233300en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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