Amarotypini

Amarotypini
Amarotypus edwardsii, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Migadopinae
Tribe:	Amarotypini Erwin, 1985
Genera
Amarotypus Migadopiella

Introduction

Amarotypines are a small tribe of ground beetles (Carabidae), recognised as a distinct tribe since 1985. The best known species is Amarotypus edwardsii of New Zealand, widely distributed throughout the three main islands, and arboreal in habits.

Biodiversity and distribution

• Genus Amarotypus: New Zealand (1 sp.)
• Genus Migadopiella: Tasmania (2 spp.)
• NOTES: (1) Published taxonomic work on the tribe is currently very limited, and the presence of undescribed taxa in the South Island of New Zealand has been noted; (2) Migadopiella is somewhat provisionally included in Amarotypini

Classification and phylogeny

Previously considered to be migadopines (before 1985), amarotypines are still often treated as forming a monophyletic subfamily Migadopinae with Migadopini, but the phylogeny may be (Amarotypini, (Migadopini, Elaphrini)). Alternatively, Amarotypini may form a clade with Promecognathini, again unrelated to Migadopini, though this possible relationship has been disputed.

References

• Baehr, M. 2009: A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Migadopinae from Tasmania (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A), 17: 95-103. ISSN 1801-7142
• Erwin, T.L. 1985: The taxon pulse: a general pattern of lineage radiation and extinction among carabid beetles. pp. 437–472 in Ball, G.E. (ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Series entomologica, 33 ISBN 90-6193-511-3 (this volume) ISBN 90-6193-190-8 (series) Google books
• Larochelle, A.; Larivière, M.-C. 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (43) ISSN 0111-5383 ISBN 0-478-09342-X
• Liebherr, J.K.; Will, K.W. 1998: Inferring phylogenetic relationships within Carabidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from characters of the female reproductive tract. pp. 107–170 in: Ball, G.E.; Casale, A.; Taglianti, A.V. (eds.) Phylogeny and Classification of Caraboidea, XX I.C.E. (1996, Firenze, Italy). Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino
• Ribera, I.; Mateu, J.; Bellés, X. 2005: Phylogenetic relationships of Dalyat mirabilis Mateu, 2002, with a revised molecular phylogeny of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 43: 284-296. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.2005.00324.x PDF