Unexpected Species Identities and Interspecific Relationships in a Subterranean Beetle Lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys Species Group (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Revealed by Fine-Scale Field Sampling and Detailed Morphological Comparisons
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Overview of Species Identification, Distribution, and Coexistence
3.2. Collection Records and Systematics
3.2.1. Pterostichus (Nialoe) chokaisanus Sasakawa, 2009
3.2.2. Pterostichus (Nialoe) kurikomasanus Sasakawa, 2005
3.2.3. Pterostichus (Nialoe) falcispinus Sasakawa, 2005
3.2.4. Pterostichus (Nialoe) takadateyamanus Sasakawa, 2009
3.2.5. Pterostichus (Nialoe) adatarasanus Sasakawa, 2005
3.2.6. Pterostichus (Nialoe) gassanus Sasakawa, 2009
3.2.7. Pterostichus (Nialoe) iwakiensis Sasakawa, 2009
3.2.8. Pterostichus (Nialoe) eboshiyamanus Sasakawa, 2009
3.2.9. Pterostichus (Nialoe) monolineatus sp. n.
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sasakawa, K.; Mitsuduka, Y.; Itô, H. Unexpected Species Identities and Interspecific Relationships in a Subterranean Beetle Lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys Species Group (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Revealed by Fine-Scale Field Sampling and Detailed Morphological Comparisons. Insects 2020, 11, 803. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/insects11110803
Sasakawa K, Mitsuduka Y, Itô H. Unexpected Species Identities and Interspecific Relationships in a Subterranean Beetle Lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys Species Group (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Revealed by Fine-Scale Field Sampling and Detailed Morphological Comparisons. Insects. 2020; 11(11):803. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/insects11110803
Chicago/Turabian StyleSasakawa, Kôji, Yoshiji Mitsuduka, and Hirotarô Itô. 2020. "Unexpected Species Identities and Interspecific Relationships in a Subterranean Beetle Lineage, the Pterostichus macrogenys Species Group (Coleoptera, Carabidae), Revealed by Fine-Scale Field Sampling and Detailed Morphological Comparisons" Insects 11, no. 11: 803. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/insects11110803