Introduction
Amarotypines are a small tribe of ground beetles (
Carabidae), recognised as a distinct tribe since 1985.
[Erwin (1985)] The best known species is
of
New Zealand, widely distributed throughout the three main islands, and arboreal in habits.
[Larochelle & Larivière (2001)]
Biodiversity and distribution
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Genus Amarotypus: New Zealand (1 sp.)
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Genus Migadopiella: Tasmania (2 spp.)
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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;
[Larochelle & Larivière (2001)] (2) ' is somewhat provisionally included in Amarotypini''' [Baehr (2009)]
Classification and phylogeny
Previously considered to be migadopines (before 1985),
amarotypines are still often treated as forming a monophyletic subfamily
Migadopinae with
Migadopini,
[Baehr (2009)] but the phylogeny may be (
Amarotypini, (
Migadopini,
Elaphrini)).
[Erwin (1985)] Alternatively,
Amarotypini may form a clade with
Promecognathini, again unrelated to
Migadopini,
[Liebherr & Will (1998)] though this possible relationship has been disputed.
[Ribera et al. (2005)]
Footnotes
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2009: A new genus and two new species of the subfamily Migadopinae from Tasmania (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Folia Heyrovskyana (A), 17: 95-103.
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1985: The taxon pulse: a general pattern of lineage radiation and extinction among carabid beetles. pp. 437–472 in (ed.) Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Series entomologica, 33 (this volume) (series) Google books
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; 2001: Carabidae (Insecta: Coleoptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, ( 43)
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; 1998: Inferring phylogenetic relationships within Carabidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) from characters of the female reproductive tract. pp. 107–170 in: ; ; (eds.) Phylogeny and Classification of Caraboidea, XX I.C.E. (1996, Firenze, Italy). Atti Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino
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; ; 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. PDF
