Kundrata Robin, Prosvirov Alexander S, Vondracek Dominik, Sormova Eliska
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/12, 119234 Moscow, Russia.
Insects. 2019 Aug 1;10(8):231. doi: 10.3390/insects10080231.
Senodoniini is a small lineage of click beetles currently comprising 21 species in two genera, distributed in the Himalayas and East and Southeast Asia. The definition and limits of this group have changed considerably during its history. Recent authors treat Senodoniini as a tribe within Dendrometrinae, usually close to Dimini, but this placement has never been rigorously tested. Here, we shed new light on the systematic position and limits of Senodoniini by performing a combined phylogenetic analysis of two nuclear and two mitochondrial molecular markers. Our results recovered Senodoniini not monophyletic, and placed them into the Lissominae complex, where they formed a clade with Calder & Lawrence (Protelaterini). Molecular phylogeny is in agreement with the adult morphology. Additionally, we examined the morphology of a monotypic genus Fleutiaux from Southeast Asia, which was previously classified in various Elateridae groups including Senodoniini, and its position was always uncertain. This genus shares morphological characters with Protelaterini. We provide morphological redescriptions as well as the figures of main diagnostic characters for Laporte, Candèze, and . Based on our results, we place these genera to Lissominae: Protelaterini, and hence synonymize Senodoniini Schenkling with Protelaterini Schwarz.
塞诺多尼尼是叩甲科的一个小谱系，目前包含两个属的21个物种，分布于喜马拉雅地区以及东亚和东南亚。该类群的定义和范围在其历史中发生了很大变化。近期的作者将塞诺多尼尼视为树叩甲亚科内的一个族，通常与迪米尼族关系较近，但这一分类位置从未经过严格检验。在此，我们通过对两个核分子标记和两个线粒体分子标记进行联合系统发育分析，为塞诺多尼尼的系统位置和范围提供了新的见解。我们的结果显示塞诺多尼尼并非单系类群，并将它们置于光滑叩甲亚科复合体中，在那里它们与考尔德和劳伦斯（原叩甲族）形成一个分支。分子系统发育与成虫形态一致。此外，我们研究了东南亚一个单型属弗勒蒂奥的形态，该属先前被归类于包括塞诺多尼尼在内的各种叩甲科类群中，其位置一直不确定。该属与原叩甲族具有共同的形态特征。我们提供了拉波特、坎德泽以及……的形态重新描述以及主要诊断特征的图。基于我们的结果，我们将这些属置于光滑叩甲亚科：原叩甲族，因此将申克林的塞诺多尼尼族与施瓦茨的原叩甲族同义化。
