Evaluating Alpha and Beta Taxonomy in Ant-Nest Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini) | Zendy

Simone Fattorini | Zendy; Emanuela Maurizi | Zendy; Andrea Di Giulio | Zendy

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Evaluating Alpha and Beta Taxonomy in Ant-Nest Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini)

Author(s) -

Simone Fattorini,

Emanuela Maurizi,

Andrea Di Giulio

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

psyche a journal of entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1687-7438

pISSN - 0033-2615

DOI - 10.1155/2013/736939

Subject(s) - myrmecophily , subgenus , ground beetle , taxon , taxonomy (biology) , biology , ecology , tribe , nest (protein structural motif) , entomology , hymenoptera , zoology , habitat , biochemistry , sociology , anthropology

We evaluated completeness, accuracy, and historical trend of the taxonomic knowledge on the myrmecophilous ground beetle tribe Paussini (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae). Accumulation curves for valid names and synonyms of species, subgenera, and genera were modelled using logistic functions. Analyses of trends in synonymies suggest that few currently accepted taxa will be recognized to be synonymous in the future. This may indicate that Paussini are a taxonomically relatively stable tribe of carabid beetles. However, this result might also be due to the lack of recent taxonomic work in some biogeographical regions

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