Molecular data support the placement of the enigmatic Cheguevaria as a subfamily of Lampyridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Issue 4 (4th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ferreira, Vinicius S; Keller, Oliver; Branham, Marc A; Ivie, Michael A
• Is Part Of: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society. Volume 187:Issue 4(2019)
• Page Start: 1253
• Page End: 1258
• Publication Date: 2019-10-04
• Subjects: Dominican Republic -- fireflies -- Magnoculus -- Puerto Rico -- West Indies; Zoology -- Periodicals; 590
• DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz073
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0024-4082

Abstract

Abstract: Since the description of the genus Cheguevaria as incertae sedis (Lampyridae), the placement of these beetles has been uncertain. This study is the first to address the placement of this genus based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis. We used three genes (18S rRNA, rrnl mitochondrial DNA and cox1 mitochondrial DNA) and a maximum likelihood approach with W-IQ-TREE to support Cheguevaria as a member of the Lampyridae and recognize it as the sole genus in the new subfamily Cheguevariinae stat. nov.