Evolutionary history of carabid ground beetles with special reference to morphological variations of the hind-wings

Most beetles belonging to the subfamily Carabinae of the family Carabidae (so-called carabid ground beetles) cannot fly, because their hind-wings are highly degenerated. However, about half of the species in the subtribe Calosomina within the same subfamily can fly. From extensive morphological exam...

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Autores principales: IMURA, Yûki, TOMINAGA, Osamu, SU, Zhi-Hui, KASHIWAI, Nobuo, OKAMOTO, Munehiro, OSAWA, Syozo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japan Academy 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6275329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416176
http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.94.024
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Sumario:Most beetles belonging to the subfamily Carabinae of the family Carabidae (so-called carabid ground beetles) cannot fly, because their hind-wings are highly degenerated. However, about half of the species in the subtribe Calosomina within the same subfamily can fly. From extensive morphological examinations of the hind-wings of Carabinae species in conjunction with DNA molecular phylogenetic trees, the process and possible causes of hind-wing degeneration in the Carabinae are discussed.

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