Systematics of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera): current state and future directions

Cretaceous West Gondwana vicariance shaped giant water scavenger beetle biogeography

(2017) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The mitogenome phylogeny of Adephaga (Coleoptera)

(2017) Alejandro López-López et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Pleistocene range shifts, refugia and the origin of widespread species in western Palaearctic water beetles

(2017) David García-Vázquez et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny of the aquatic beetle family Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an emphasis on data partitioning strategies

(2017) Stephen M. Baca et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Higher-level phylogeny of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval characters

(2017) MARIANO C. MICHAT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Biogeographic mirages? Molecular evidence for dispersal-driven evolution in Hydrobiusini water scavenger beetles

(2017) EMMANUEL F. A. TOUSSAINT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the water scavenger beetle tribe Hydrobiusini inferred from morphology and molecules (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae)

(2017) ANDREW E. Z. SHORT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Ultraconserved elements show utility in phylogenetic inference of Adephaga (Coleoptera) and suggest paraphyly of ‘Hydradephaga’

(2017) STEPHEN M. BACA et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Range expansion and ancestral niche reconstruction in the Mediterranean diving beetle genus Meladema (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

(2017) Vit Sýkora et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Systematics and evolution of the whirligig beetle tribe Dineutini (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae: Gyrininae)

(2017) Grey T Gustafson et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Tip-dated phylogeny of whirligig beetles reveals ancient lineage surviving on Madagascar

(2017) Grey T. Gustafson et al.   Scientific Reports

Molecular phylogenetics of Atlantic Shield Platynectes diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): a first glance at the evolution of the genus in the Amazon Basin

(2016) Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint et al.   ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE

India-Madagascar vicariance explains cascade beetle biogeography

(2016) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Molecular Systematics of the Neotropical Diving Beetle GenusRugosusGarcía, 2001 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)

(2016) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN

Evolution of Pacific Rim diving beetles sheds light on Amphi-Pacific biogeography

(2016) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Reconstructing ancient Mediterranean crossroads in Deronectes diving beetles

(2016) David García-Vázquez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolutionary history of a secondary terrestrial Australian diving beetle (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) reveals a lineage of high morphological and ecological plasticity

(2016) EMMANUEL F. A. TOUSSAINT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

The peril of dating beetles

(2016) EMMANUEL F. A. TOUSSAINT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) of Mississippi

(2016) Reese J. Worthington et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Phylogenetic placement of the Pacific Northwest subterranean endemic diving beetle Stygoporus oregonensis Larson & LaBonte (Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae)

(2016) Kojun Kanda et al.   ZooKeys

Molecular phylogeny of the Byrrhoidea-Buprestoidea complex (Coleoptera, Elateriformia)

(2016) Robin Kundrata et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Evolution of the male genitalia in the genusLimnebiusLeach, 1815 (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)

(2016) Andrey Rudoy et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Two new water beetles from the South African Cape (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)

(2016) DAVID T. BILTON   ZOOTAXA

Phanoceroides Hinton, 1939: description of new species, morphology of larvae, and revised taxonomic position of the genus (Coleoptera: Elmidae) based on molecular evidence

(2016) FEDOR Jr ČIAMPOR et al.   ZOOTAXA

Habitat-dependent diversification and parallel molecular evolution: Water scavenger beetles as a case study

(2016) Ke-Qing Song et al.   Current Zoology

Stictonectes abellani sp. n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes on the phylogeny, ecology and distribution of the Iberian species of the genus

(2016) ANDRÉS MILLÁN et al.   ZOOTAXA

Phylogenetic niche conservatism explains an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient in freshwater arthropods

(2016) Jérôme Morinière et al.   Scientific Reports

Phylogenetic Placement of the GenusSternhydrus(Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Cybistrini) Based on Larval Morphology, With Description ofS. atratus

(2015) Mariano C. Michat et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Larval Morphology and Biology of the New Zealand-Chilean GeneraCylomissusBroun andAnticuraSpangler (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Rygmodinae)

(2015) Yûsuke N. Minoshima et al.   COLEOPTERISTS BULLETIN

Protosternini (Coleoptera : Hydrophilidae) corroborated as monophyletic and its larva described for the first time: a review of the myrmecophilous genus Sphaerocetum

(2015) Martin Fik�ček et al.   INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS

Review of paleontological data on the evolution of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera)

(2015) A. G. Ponomarenko et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Capelatus prykeigen. et sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) - a phylogenetically isolated diving beetle from the Western Cape of South Africa

(2015) DAVID T. BILTON et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny of the Hydroscaphidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga) with description of a remarkable new lineage from the Guiana Shield

(2015) ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Molecular ecology and phylogenetics of the water beetle genus Ochthebius revealed multiple independent shifts to marine rockpools lifestyle

(2015) Simone Sabatelli et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae)

(2015) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae) of the Eocene Baltic amber: Heterelmis groehni sp. nov. and Heterlimnius samlandicus (Bollow, 1940) comb. nov.

(2015) ANDRIS BUKEJS et al.   ZOOTAXA

Mosaic patterns of diversification dynamics following the colonization of Melanesian islands

(2015) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   Scientific Reports

In or Out-of-Madagascar?—Colonization Patterns for Large-Bodied Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

(2015) Rasa Bukontaite et al.   PLoS One

Aethioeubria occidentalis, a New Genus and Species of Water-Penny Beetles from Mali and Senegal (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubriinae)

(2014) J. Hájek et al.   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

The utility of CAD in recovering Gondwanan vicariance events and the evolutionary history of Aciliini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

(2014) Rasa Bukontaite et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Thermal niche evolution and geographical range expansion in a species complex of western Mediterranean diving beetles

(2014) Amparo Hidalgo-Galiana et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Anisomeriini diving beetles-an Atlantic-Pacific Island disjunction on Tristan da Cunha and Robinson Crusoe Island, Juan Fernández?

(2014) Jérôme Morinière et al.   CLADISTICS

On the systematic position of the diving-beetle genus Pachydrus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): Evidence from larval chaetotaxy and morphology

(2014) Mariano C. MICHAT et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Descriptions of larvae of Megadytes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae): The subgenera Trifurcitus and Megadytes s. str., ground plan of chaetotaxy of the genus and phylogenetic analysis

(2014) Mariano C. MICHAT   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Patterns of hind-wing degeneration in Japanese riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

(2014) Masakazu HAYASHI et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

A rare diving beetle from Baltic amber: Hydrotrupes prometheus new species reveals former widespread distribution of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

(2014) R. Antonio Gómez et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

A comprehensive DNA barcode database for Central European beetles with a focus on Germany: adding more than 3500 identified species to BOLD

(2014) Lars Hendrich et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Clade Age and Diversification Rate Variation Explain Disparity in Species Richness among Water Scavenger Beetle (Hydrophilidae) Lineages

(2014) Devin D. Bloom et al.   PLoS One

Unveiling the Diversification Dynamics of Australasian Predaceous Diving Beetles in the Cenozoic

(2014) Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Phylogeny and evolution of Staphyliniformia and Scarabaeiformia: forest litter as a stepping stone for diversification of nonphytophagous beetles

(2014) DUANE D. MCKENNA et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Modern hydrophilid clades present and widespread in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae)

(2014) Martin Fikáček et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Review of the Lutrochidae (Coleoptera) of the Guianas and Lesser Antilles, with description of four new species

(2014) CRYSTAL A. MAIER et al.   ZOOTAXA

Description of the third instar of Hygrobia nigra (Clark, 1862) Coleoptera: Paelobiidae), with a key for the identification of mature larvae of Hygrobia Latreille, 1804 and phylogenetic analysis

(2014) MARIANO C. MICHAT et al.   ZOOTAXA

Prionohydrus, a New Genus of Noterini Thomson (Coleoptera: Noteridae) From South America With Three New Species and Its Phylogenetic Considerations

(2013) R. Antonio Gómez et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic relationships, larval morphology, and chaetotaxy of the subfamily Coptotominae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

(2013) Mariano C. Michat et al.   CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST

Contributions to molecular systematics of water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae, Coleoptera)

(2013) Branka Bruvo Mađarić et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Tempo and mode of the multiple origins of salinity tolerance in a water beetle lineage

(2013) Paula Arribas et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The first record of crawling water beetles (Coleoptera, Haliplidae) in the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia

(2013) A. A. Prokin et al.   PALEONTOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Larval morphology and phylogenetic position ofHorelophopsis hanseniSatô et Yoshitomi (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Horelophopsinae)

(2013) YÛSUKE MINOSHIMA et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera)

(2013) ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

New fossil taxa and notes on the Mesozoic evolution of Liadytidae and Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)

(2013) ALEXANDER A. PROKIN et al.   ZOOTAXA

A revision of the Lutrochidae (Coleoptera) of Venezuela, with description of six new species

(2013) CRYSTAL A. MAIER et al.   ZOOTAXA

A Possible Larva of Lepicerus inaequalis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae) from Panama

(2013) JOHN F. LAWRENCE et al.   ZOOTAXA

Whole-community DNA barcoding reveals a spatio-temporal continuum of biodiversity at species and genetic levels

(2013) Andrés Baselga et al.   Nature Communications

Australasian sky islands act as a diversity pump facilitating peripheral speciation and complex reversal from narrow endemic to widespread ecological supertramp

(2013) Emmanuel F. A. Toussaint et al.   Ecology and Evolution

An Aquatic Water Scavenger Beetle in Early Miocene Amber from the Dominican Republic (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

(2012) Martin Fikáček et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI

Pleistocene climate change promoted rapid diversification of aquatic invertebrates in Southeast Australia

(2012) Oliver Hawlitschek et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

On the phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta)

(2012) Rolf G. Beutel et al.   CLADISTICS

Molecular phylogeny and divergence time of the water penny genus Eubrianax (Coleoptera: Psephenidae) in Japan

(2012) Masakazu HAYASHI et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

The Effect of Geographical Scale of Sampling on DNA Barcoding

(2012) J. Bergsten et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

A molecular phylogeny of the cosmopolitan hyperdiverse genusHydraenaKugelann (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)

(2012) MARCO TRIZZINO et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Phylogeny and the fossil record of the Helophoridae reveal Jurassic origin of extant hydrophiloid lineages (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)

(2012) MARTIN FIKÁČEK et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Phylogeny and classification of whirligig beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae): relaxed-clock model outperforms parsimony and time-free Bayesian analyses

(2012) KELLY B. MILLER et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Phylogenetic Relationships of the Tribe Vatellini Based on Larval Morphology, With Description of Derovatellus lentus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)

(2011) Mariano C. Michat et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Larval Morphology of Meruidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) and Its Phylogenetic Implications

(2011) Yves Alarie et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Dispersal ability rather than ecological tolerance drives differences in range size between lentic and lotic water beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

(2011) Paula Arribas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The first skiff beetle (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae) from Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota

(2011) Chenyang Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Can DNA barcodes of stream macroinvertebrates improve descriptions of community structure and water quality?

(2011) Bernard W. Sweeney et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN BENTHOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Late Miocene diversification of the genus Hydrochus (Coleoptera, Hydrochidae) in the west Mediterranean area

(2011) Amparo Hidalgo-Galiana et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny and diversification of the “Haenydra” lineage (Hydraenidae, genus Hydraena), a north-Mediterranean endemic-rich group of rheophilic Coleoptera

(2011) Marco Trizzino et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular phylogeny of the squeak beetles, a family with disjunct Palearctic-Australian range

(2011) Oliver Hawlitschek et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Fossil water-penny beetles (Coleoptera: Psephenidae: Eubrianacinae) from the Eocene of Europe, with remarks on their phylogenetic position and biogeography

(2011) S. WEDMANN et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

IsMerua specialized noterid (Coleoptera, Adephaga)?

(2011) CARINA DRESSLER et al.   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Hydrophilina)

(2011) Andrew E. Z. Short   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Phylogenetic analysis of Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) based on molecular data and morphological characters of adults and immature stages

(2010) Detlef Bernhard et al.   INSECT SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTION

On the systematic position and taxonomic rank of the extinct myxophagan †Haplochelus (Coleoptera)

(2010) Si-Qin Ge et al.   INSECT SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTION

The geography of speciation in narrow-range endemics of the ‘Haenydra’ lineage (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae, Hydraena)

(2010) Ignacio Ribera et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

On the systematic position of the family Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga)

(2010) R. G. Beutel et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH

Colonization to Aquifers and Adaptations to Subterranean Interstitial Life by a Water Beetle Clade (Noteridae) with Description of a NewPhreatodytesSpecies

(2010) Makoto Kato et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Phylogenetic Relationships of Notaticus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Based on Larval Morphology

(2009) Mariano C. Michat et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

A preliminary study on the phylogenetic relationships of Copelatus Erichson (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) based on larval chaetotaxy and morphology

(2009) Mariano C. Michat et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

New Guinea highland origin of a widespread arthropod supertramp

(2009) M. Balke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

On the systematics of Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Hydradephaga): Phylogeny, description of a new tribe, genus and species, and survey of female genital morphology

(2009) Kelly B. Miller   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Hydaticini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): partition choice for Bayesian analysis with multiple nuclear and mitochondrial protein-coding genes

(2009) Kelly B. Miller et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Phylogeny and diversification of diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

(2008) Ignacio Ribera et al.   CLADISTICS

Systematics and evolution of the Australian subterranean hydroporine diving beetles (Dytiscidae), with notes onCarabhydrus

(2008) Remko Leys et al.   INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS

Ancient associations of aquatic beetles and tank bromeliads in the Neotropical forest canopy

(2008) M. Balke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Morphology and chaetotaxy of larvalHypodessus cruciatus(Régimbart) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), and analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of the Bidessini based on larval characters

(2008) Mariano C. Michat et al.   STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT

Phylogeny of Berosini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilinae) based on larval and adult characters, and evolutionary scenarios related to habitat shift in larvae

(2008) MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY   SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY

Madaglymbus,a new genus of Malagasy endemic diving beetles and description of a highly unusual species based on morphology and DNA sequence data (Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)

(2008) H. Shaverdo et al.   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Systematic placement of the recently discovered beetle family Meruidae (Coleoptera: Dytiscoidea) based on molecular data

(2008) Michael Balke et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

A genus-level supertree of Adephaga (Coleoptera)

(2007) R BEUTEL et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

The effect of habitat type on speciation rates and range movements in aquatic beetles: inferences from species-level phylogenies

(2003) I. Ribera et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY