The beetle tree of life reveals that C oleoptera survived end‐ P ermian mass extinction to diversify during the C retaceous terrestrial revolution

Abstract Here we present a phylogeny of beetles ( I nsecta: C oleoptera) based on DNA sequence data from eight nuclear genes, including six single‐copy nuclear protein‐coding genes, for 367 species representing 172 of 183 extant families. Our results refine existing knowledge of relationships among major groups of beetles. Strepsiptera was confirmed as sister to C oleoptera and each of the suborders of C oleoptera was recovered as monophyletic. Interrelationships among the suborders, namely P olyphaga ( A dephaga ( A rchostemata, M yxophaga)), in our study differ from previous studies. Adephaga comprised two clades corresponding to H ydradephaga and G eadephaga. The series and superfamilies of P olyphaga were…

• NS
  National Science Foundation

  Awards: 0715705, 0531754, 0447694, 0531768, EF-0531768, 0118749, EF-0531665, 0531665
• SI
  Smithsonian Institution
• UD
  U.S. Department of Agriculture
• HU
  Harvard University
• HY
  Helsingin Yliopisto
• UO
  University of Central Florida
• LS
  Louisiana State University
• WK
  Western Kentucky University
• UO
  University of Memphis
• UO
  University of Oxford
• CS
  Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
• AS
  Academia Sinica
• CN
  Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

  Award: 2011-
• PA
  Polska Akademia Nauk
• UI
  Universitetet i Oslo
• UO
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• ST
  Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
• AA
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• AN
  Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica

  Award: CONICET