Tribe Clerini Latreille, 1802
Introduction
Bartlett (2021) proposed the concept of the clerine supertribe Cleritae to accommodate the genera of the newly established Clerini Latreille, 1802 and Hydnocerini Spinola, 1844 (the latter including former Hydnocerinae and Anthicoclerinae) after paraphyly of Clerinae in relation to a separate Hydnocerinae was demonstrated by Gunter et al. (2013) and Gimmel et al. (2019).
Clerini Latreille, 1802 consists of the formal tribe Clerina, more-or-less equivalent to the informal ‘Clerus series’ (Gerstemier 2002) plus the ‘Tillicera-group’ (Gerstmeier & Stapel 2016), plus the informal ‘Perilypus genus-group’ (Bartlett 2021), the latter containing no Australian taxa.
Five genera are included here under the subtribe Clerina.
General References
Bartlett, J.S. 2021. A preliminary suprageneric classification for Clerinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae) based on molecular and morphological evidence, including a review of tegminal terminology. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 71(4): 737-766 [Date published 30 December 2021]
Gerstmeier, R. 2002. Generic concept of clerid taxa related to Clerus (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae). Entomological Problems 32(2): 99–111 [Date published Mar.2002]
Gerstmeier, R. and J. Stapel 2016. A review of the Tillicera genus group with a revision of Plathanocera Schenkling (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae). Zootaxa 4193(3): 517–540 [Date published 17 Nov. 2016]
Gimmel, M. L., Bocakova, M., Gunter, N. L. and R. A. B. Leschen 2019. Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Systematic Entomology 44(3): 527–558
Gunter, N.L., Leavengood, J.M., Bartlett, J.S., Chapman, E.G. & Cameron, S.L. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the checkered beetles and a description of Epiclininae a new subfamily (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Systematic Entomology 38(3): 626–636
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLERIDAE | 26-Dec-2022 | ADDED | Mr Justin Bartlett |