Water beetles, although defined by their affinity for aquatic ways of life, occupy a broad array of habitats, and have shifted secondarily back to their terrestrial roots (either as adults, larvae or both) on multiple occasions. Kirejtshuk, 2009; Cai et al., 2012), including magnificently preserved specimens of Lepiceridae from Burmese amber (Kirejtshuk & Poinar, 2006; Ge et al., 2010; Jaloszynski et al., 2017) – a family now restricted to the northern Neotropics. Please check your email for instructions on resetting your password. Consequently, water beetles do not form a single clade but are better described as an ecological guild distributed across at least 30 families in three of the four coleopteran suborders. No comprehensive phylogeny for Dryopidae or Elmidae has yet been undertaken. A few species) additional families have a limited number of aquatic species. 0000001969 00000 n 0000001429 00000 n In one recent attempt to estimate the actual diversity, Jäch & Balke (2008) suggested that water beetles were approximately 70% described (although their circumscription of water beetles differs slightly from that of this review). No molecular data has been applied to the evolution of Haliplidae, and the phylogenetic validity of some smaller genera is uncertain; phylogenies based on morphological data have been inferred for the family (Beutel & Ruhnau, 1990) as well as the genus Brychius (Mousseau & Roughley, 2007). The larvae of aquatic byrrhoids perhaps are best known due to their frequent collection and their value in biomonitoring. Laccophinae being a highly nested, late diverging lineage in Miller & Bergson but sister to the remaining Dytiscidae in Michat et al., 2017). With the exception of a recent comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Hydroscaphidae (Short et al., 2015), no phylogenies have been published that substantively examine relationships within any family of Myxophaga. 2001 Aquatic Coleoptera Bibliography compiled by Sharon Jasper. Most species‐rich families of Hydradephaga have been the subject of phylogenetic studies in the last decade. Bloom et al. Hydrochus falsus Hellman in Worthington et al., 2016). Aquatic Beetle Larvae. 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In their analyses, neither Psephenidae nor the subfamilies of Elmidae (Elminae and Larainae) were monophyletic. See Prokin et al. Therefore, the large spiracles on Chelonarium larvae suggest a terrestrial organism. wuhana and Luciola cruciata were bred in tap water following the method outlined in Fu et. 1, Table 1), water beetles are one of the most globally abundant groups of aquatic insects. Consequently, although there is no question that thousands of new species of aquatic beetles remain to be discovered or described, they are among the better‐known and best‐catalogued groups of beetles. These discoveries of hundreds of new species and many new lineages show how much remains unknown about water beetle communities. Species numbers marked with an asterisk (*) are partly estimated as no complete catalogue exists. A checklist of 91 species belonging to 27 genera and seven families is provided. Most adults and larvae are substrate dwellers, but some are efficient swimmers (e.g., larval and adult Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae). 0000003394 00000 n 1516149 | Learning to See, Seeing to Learn A Sociotechnical System Supporting Taxonomic Identification Activities in Volunteer-Based Water Quality Biomonitoring Str., ground plan of chaetotaxy of the genus and phylogenetic analysis, Phylogenetic relationships, larval morphology, and chaetotaxy of the subfamily Coptotominae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Phylogenetic relationships and larval morphology of the recently described diving beetle genus, On the systematic position of the diving‐beetle genus pachydrus (coleoptera: dytiscidae: hydroporinae): evidence from larval chaetotaxy and morphology, A preliminary study on the phylogenetic relationships of Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) based on larval chaetotaxy and morphology, Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Vatellini based on larval morphology, with description of, Higher‐level phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval characters, Cladistic analysis of the tribes of Dytiscinae and the phylogenetic position of the genus Notaticus Zi, On the phylogeny of the family Dytiscidae Linnaeus (Insecta: Coleoptera) with an emphasis on the morphology of the female reproductive tract, Revision and phylogeny of the new world genus, The phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and the evolution of sexual conflict, Revision of the new world and Southeast Asian Vatellini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) and phylogenetic analysis of the tribe, On the systematics of Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Hydradephaga): phylogeny, description of a new tribe, genus and species, and survey of female genital morphology. Jäch & Balke (2008) provide a general synopsis of water beetle habitats and the different categories into which they may be divided. The Beetles of the Virgin Islands. Michat et al. At higher taxonomic levels, our knowledge of aquatic beetle larvae is fairly robust, with the larvae even of the newest families Aspidytidae and Meruidae having been described (Alarie & Bilton, 2005; Alarie et al., 2011b). In the most robust study to date, Kundrata et al. Many aquatic habitats are definable and discrete in space and time, a luxury more difficult to find in terrestrial systems. Ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set design: Base genome and initial design parameters critical for optimization. The Coleoptera key does not include some semiaquatic taxa which may be collected in aquatic invertebrate samples, but it will be sufficient for the major groups. These discoveries have only driven additional fieldwork in these habitats which in turn have illuminated yet more previously unrecognized hygropetric communities. Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae and Staphylinidae among others), but these are also not considered here. Indeed, Psephenidae is probably better known as larvae than as adults. The Coleoptera (beetles) is the most speciose of all the insect orders with over 5,000 aquatic species. (2008), Maddison et al. Learn about our remote access options. The study and conservation of water beetles is promoted by two organisations: Learn more. Beetles. Here, I attempt to summarize the current state‐of‐the‐art of water beetle systematics, including a synthesis of recent literature on how well water beetle taxa are described, the degree to which we understand their evolutionary relationships, and in what ways they are being used as model systems in systematics. Of the five smaller families, only the internal relationships of Helophoridae have been examined (Fikáček et al., 2012a,b). In the last quarter of a century, more than 200 studies have generated new hypotheses of relationships based on a wide range of morphological and molecular data (Table 2). Indeed, water beetles were early test‐subjects of such methods (Miller et al., 2005), and remain a focal group for exploring the opportunities and limitations of DNA barcoding (e.g. On the thoracic anatomy of the Madagascan Heterogyrus milloti and the phylogeny of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera). D) with the spiracles on the terminal abdominal segment forming sclerotized hooks (Fig. Fossils of the family Haliplidae have been rare but are known as far back as the lower Cretaceous (Prokin & Ponomarenko 2013, Prokop et al. I am grateful to Pete Cranston whose suggestion sowed the seed for this review as well as his subsequent critiques. Aquatic beetles are consumed in both immature and adult stages. 0000000756 00000 n Within Hydradephaga, most subfamilies and tribes have the immature stages described for at least one taxon. Consolidating these catalogues into a single, online platform should be the goal. Aquatic beetles have a rich fossil record due to strongly sclerotized bodies and predilection for habitats such as lakes and marshes that enhances preservation (Smith, 2000). (2000) is also a good source of larval keys and illustrations, albeit focused on North America. Number of times cited according to CrossRef: Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera) of the University of Mississippi Field Station, Lafayette County, Mississippi, USA. endstream endobj 38 0 obj<> endobj 39 0 obj<>stream However, an expanded dataset (in both taxa and characters) using five genes negated that classification and supplanted it with a new one (Baca et al., 2017a). The megadiverse genus Hydraena, with nearly 1000 described species, has been the subject of several recent molecular phylogenies to sort out this explosive diversity (Trizzino et al., 2011, 2013). The water beetle community is tantalizingly close to having a completely catalogued fauna. They have eight abdominal segments (Fig. 12.8); abdomen terminating with 1-2 long filaments.....Haliplidae 3'. Within Hydroscaphidae, the larvae of the Neotropical genera Confossa and Yara remain unknown, as does the Malagasy Incoltorrida (Torridincolidae). Although compression fossils are prevalent, amber inclusions dating back to the Late Cretaceous are not uncommon (e.g. Aquatic beetles are a large ecological guild with more than 13,000 described species occurring worldwide. 0000002582 00000 n the separation of the terrestrial and aquatic hydrophilids into different subfamilies, or the very derived nature of Pronoterus within Noteridae; Short & Fikáček, 2013; Baca et al., 2017a). “Predacious Diving Beetle Larvae” Family Overview This is the largest North American family of aquatic beetles, including over 400 species in about 35 genera. However, in the first use of phylogenomic analysis in beetles using Ultraconserved Elements (UCE), Baca et al. C). About 25,000 species occur in North America, north of Mexico, but only about 1200 of these are purely aquatic. Water beetles (Coleoptera) are one of the most diverse groups in freshwater – in Britain there are around 250 species - but because they are the Little Brown Jobs of the freshwater world many people don’t realise quite how many different types there are. This work was supported in part by National Science Foundation award DEB‐1453452. Efforts to compile taxonomic information in the few remaining linages (Gyrinidae, Dryopidae, Psephenidae) should be completed, and those that have already been completed should continue to be maintained. In general the larvae of aquatic beetles may be said to be modified in respect of respiratory apparatus but otherwise they greatly re semble terrestrial larvae. Many are familiar to us like ladybugs, Japanese beetles, fireflies and dung beetles. 26 0 obj <> endobj Burmese amber reveals a new stem lineage of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) based on the larval stage. Two particularly remarkable recent findings relating to the ecology of aquatic beetles have been the subterranean radiation of diving beetles in Australia, and the unveiling of a poorly understood and little‐known guild of hygropetric water beetles. 48 0 obj<>stream Estimating the number of described species is a frequent thought experiment for taxonomists. However, the majority of these lineages are known from one or a few species. The Palaearctic already is relatively high in species richness but much better described than the tropical regions. Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae. The Afrotropics and particularly the Oriental region are likely to have many new species awaiting discovery. The majority of extant aquatic beetle families are now known in the fossil record. Lawrence et al. Larvae with segmented thoracic legs but no fleshy prolegs Larval types with segmented thoracic legs but no fleshy abdominal legs are shown in Boxes 3 and 4. Various taxa of the suborder have been the subject of detailed morphological studies (e.g. B) and have one claw on each tarsi (Fig. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology. Motivation and aims of the study were evaluation of aquatic insect fauna such as heteroptera, ephemeroptera, diptera, trichoptera, coleoptera, odonata and so on in east of golestan province. They have a variety of morphological adaptations for aquatic life. The last decade in particular has seen a plethora of new fossils come to light and – of equal importance – reappraisals and clarifications of century‐old unreliable descriptions (e.g. More than 300 new species have been described from the Neotropics in the last 10 years alone. Our knowledge of the diversity and phylogeny each of the 23 families water beetles is reviewed. 26 23 0000006179 00000 n In the former, extensive ecology‐driven evolution both within and between aquatic and terrestrial habitats has, unsurprisingly, resulting in repeated and convergent evolution of easily observable morphological syndromes. 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The larvae of most myxophagan genera are described (10 of 13). In proposing this new family, however, no phylogeny or other evidence was offered to support this change. Learn about the beetle (Coleoptera spp.) Water beetles from hygropetric habitats such as waterfalls and rock seepages generally were considered novelties or aberrant lineages rather than major radiations of phylogenetic significance in their own right. Recently, Jäch et al. Larvae of aquatic Coleoptera can be recognized by the presence of a sclerotized head, three pairs of segmented thoracic legs, and the absence of wing pads. Can DNA barcodes of stream macroinvertebrates improve descriptions of community structure and water quality? Although regional treatments and generic revisions exist to a certain extent for some groups, the recent publication of Miller & Bergsten's (2016) comprehensive resource on diving beetle biology and identification put into sharp relief the varying degrees to which water beetle identification is feasible. Stygobionts have been described from a variety of water beetle families including Elmidae, Dryopidae, Noteridae, Hydrophilidae and Dytiscidae. Having accurate accounting of the diversity within water beetle lineages is critical to facilitating and accelerating both taxonomic and evolutionary research within the group. 0000006479 00000 n Tobochares Short & García 2007, Radicitus Short & García 2014) and Hydroscaphidae (Confossa, Short et al., 2015). x�b```"V�l>�c`��0pt�10���s�M���ß���jX-�LRȫQ Three new genera of acidocerine water scavenger beetles from tropical South America (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae). 0000016872 00000 n (2014) used the taxonomic expertise of the authors to estimate the actual diversity of each tribe of Hydrophilidae, coming to a rough calculation of 4183 species for the family; coincidentally also equating to about 70% of the currently described diversity. Going underwater: multiple origins and functional morphology of piercing-sucking feeding and tracheal system adaptations in water scavenger beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea). Diving beetle fossils attributable to extant clades have been described from Baltic and Dominican amber, including representatives of Copelatinae (Copelatus aphroditae Balke, 2003; Copelatus predaveterus Miller, 2003; Miller & Blake, 2003), Hydroporinae (Hydroporus carstengroehni Balke et al., 2010), and Agabinae (Hydrotrupes prometheus Gomez & Damgaard, 2014). Coleoptera Morphology Larvae: Larvae of … Consequently, sequencing both the target immatures alongside a battery of potential adults remains necessary in most cases. benthic macroinvertebrate by exploring the life cycle, feeding habitats, interesting facts and its role in the food chain. (2017) provide a comprehensive review and discussion of dytiscid larvae in a phylogenetic framework, as well as paper and online keys to the larvae of the subfamilies and tribes of the diving beetles of the world. In this study the diversity and habitat selection of aquatic Coleoptera has been assessed. al. ��r�R�(������$�-�$��KhG�j@2 �@1�/�u�/2@�v�q�3�,7he���na�Pm԰y �#���9H3�5K20����o �}.� Water beetles have been a popular study group among professional and amateur entomologists alike, even boasting their own international society, the UK‐based Balfour‐Browne Club. (2016) elevated Protelmini (a small group of about six described species from the Afrotropics and Neotropics) from a tribe of Elmidae to its own family, Protelmidae. Larvae undergo from 3 to 8 molts. By far the largest family, Dytiscidae has been subject to more phylogenetic studies than any other water beetle group (Table 2). Coleoptera are holometabolus, thus possess distinct egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages. Recently the larva of Paralichas (= Odontyonyx ) trivattis has been described, reared from specimens sampled from spring seeps in eastern Pennsylvania (Funk and Fenstermacher 2002). The order Coleoptera includes more species than any order, constitutes 25 % of known life forms. Few recent references are available, and some older references (e.g. Of the 10 water beetle families with more than three described genera, modern global genus‐level keys now exist for just half: Dytiscidae (Miller & Bergsten, 2016), Noteridae (Miller, 2009), Gyrinidae (Miller & Bergsten, 2012), Hydroscaphidae (Short et al., 2015) and Psephenidae (Lee et al., 2007). Short & Fikáček (2013) recently revised the classification of Hydrophilidae based on an analysis of six genes. 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The largest order with over 130 families and 350,000 species worldwide or about one-third of all described animal species. I proffer that no group of Coleoptera has received as robust and sustained study into their phylogenetic relationships as water beetles. Similarly, larvae have been described for representatives of all families, subfamilies and tribes of Hydrophiloidea, and despite continued progress, our knowledge at the genus and species level remains substantially underdeveloped (Archangelsky et al., 2016). In temperate regions, beetles from most major groups commonly exhibit univoltine life cycles. Larvae have elongated body and can be distinguished by the presence of sclerotized head, distinct neck, three pairs of segmented legs and prominent mandibles. <]>> Various molecular phylogenies ranging from single‐gene studies using 18S rDNA to more comprehensive multigene analyses have found support for a monophyletic Hydradephaga (e.g. They are able to survive in and colonise practically all freshwater habitats, and some species can tolerate harsh environmental The newsletter for aquatic Coleoptera workers. Due to being defined by ecology rather than a single clade, which groups fall under the aquatic beetle umbrella differ slightly depending on the specialist. These homoplasious characters often were used as diagnostic characters to assign taxa various groups, which led to artificial classifications. Both larvae and adults are predators, mainly on other arthro- About 1% of the known species of Coleoptera have an aquatic pods. Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A. Use the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Phylogenomic analysis of the beetle suborder Adephaga with comparison of tailored and generalized ultraconserved element probe performance. Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of chiefly aquatic beetles. (2017) provide an independent estimate of dytiscid phylogeny based solely on larval characters. This bibliography will be published in the North American Benthological Society's Annual Bibliography issue. However, their taxon sampling within each family was limited, and many relationships, especially those among families, were not supported statistically. 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