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- Title
Evaluating Alpha and Beta Taxonomy in Ant-Nest Beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussini).
- Authors
Fattorini, Simone; Maurizi, Emanuela; Di Giulio, Andrea
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL classification; INSECT-plant relationships; GROUND beetles; BIOACCUMULATION in plants; BIOGEOGRAPHY; INSECT populations
- Publication
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2013, p1
- ISSN
0033-2615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2013/736939