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Unraveling the evolution of the Handsome fungus beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea, Endomychidae) through integrating molecular, morphological and fossil data

2020/36/C/NZ8/00584

Keywords:

Beetles Coccinelloidea Handsome fungus beetles phylogenetic relationships biogeography evolution food adaptations defence mechanisms systematics classification

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_10: Taxonomy and phylogenetic
  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj.

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Emmanuel Arriaga Varela 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: SONATINA 4 - announced on 2019-12-16

Amount awarded: 589 562 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-12-14

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2024-12-13

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (7)
  1. 'Where is my family?' Molecular and morphological data reveal the phylogenetic position and diversity of the enigmatic handsome fungus beetle genus Anamycetaea Strohecker, 1975 (Coleoptera, Coccinelloidea)
    Authors:
    Tomaszewska W., Szawaryn K., Arriaga-Varela E.
    Academic press:
    Invertebrate Systematics (rok: 2023, tom: 37(4), strony: 231–253), Wydawca: CSIRO Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1071/IS22053 - link to the publication
  2. First Member of 'Higher Endomychidae' (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) from the Mid- Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar and New Insights into the Time of Origin of the Handsome Fungus Beetles
    Authors:
    Wioletta Tomaszewska, Karol Szawaryn, Emmanuel Arriaga- Varela
    Academic press:
    Insects (rok: 2022, tom: 13(8), strony: 45670), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/insects13080690 - link to the publication
  3. Remarkable diversity of the handsome fungus beetles genus Cretaparamecus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Merophysiinae) from Upper Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar
    Authors:
    Arriaga-Varela E., Szawaryn K., Jenkins Shaw J., Bai M., Ren D., Tomaszewska W.
    Academic press:
    Cretaceous Research (rok: 2023, tom: 151, strony: 45672), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105664 - link to the publication
  4. First Member of 'Higher Endomychidae' (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) from the Mid- Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar and New Insights into the Time of Origin of the Handsome Fungus Beetles
    Authors:
    Wioletta Tomaszewska, Karol Szawaryn, Emmanuel Arriaga- Varela
    Academic press:
    Insects (rok: 2022, tom: 13(8), strony: 45670), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/insects13080690 - link to the publication
  5. The debris-cloaking larva of Catapotia laevissima and the origin of defensive strategies in Anamorphidae and other Coccinelloidea (Coleoptera).
    Authors:
    Arriaga-Varela E., Leschen R. A. B., Tomaszewska W.
    Academic press:
    Organisms Diversity & Evolution (rok: 2023, tom: 23, strony: 901–915), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13127-023-00622-x - link to the publication
  6. The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence
    Authors:
    Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Wioletta Tomaszewska, Karol Szawaryn, James A Robertson, Matthias Seidel, Adam Ślipiński, Martin Fikáček
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2022, tom: XX, strony: 13881), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac082 - link to the publication
  7. The resurrection of Cerasommatidiidae, an enigmatic group of coccinelloid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence
    Authors:
    Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Wioletta Tomaszewska, Karol Szawaryn, James A Robertson, Matthias Seidel, Adam Ślipiński, Martin Fikáček
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2022, tom: XX, strony: 13881), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac082 - link to the publication