Molecular phylogeny of Pedinini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) and its implications for higher-level classification

The first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the darkling beetle tribe Pedinini is inferred from analyses of DNA sequence data from the following six loci: 12S rRNA, 28S rRNA, cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII), wingless (wg), CAD/rudimentary (CAD2) and arginine kinase (ArgK). Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses were performed for a dataset of 79 species, representing all seven pedinoid subtribes. Low-coverage genome sequencing...