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<title>SBAEE, n.2 2021</title>
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<title>Taxonomy and biogeography of Iberian Amarina Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)</title>
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<description>Taxonomy and biogeography of Iberian Amarina Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Serrano, José; Andújar, Antonio; Lencina, José Luis
The systematics of Iberian Amarina Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae)&#13;
is revised by updating the catalogue of species and their distribution.&#13;
Keys to determine the genera, subgenera and species are included.&#13;
To date, 73 species and subspecies included in 13 subgenera and 2 genera&#13;
are known from Iberia. It is discussed the position of Curtonotus Stephens,&#13;
1828 and Amarocelia Motschulsky, 1862 as separate taxa in the light of&#13;
new evidence. The biogeography of Amarina is also discussed; species of&#13;
this subtribe show a wide distribution within the Palearctic region, whereas&#13;
the whole family Carabidae shows a higher proportion of endemisms&#13;
and Mediterranean elements in the Iberian Peninsula. Comments on the&#13;
evolutionary history of Amarina are likewise included; the group seems to&#13;
have an Asiatic European origin and colonized the Mediterranean basin&#13;
when the ancient Tethys Sea was closed.; Se ha revisado la sistemática de los Amarina Bonelli, 1810 ibéricos&#13;
(Coleoptera, Carabidae), actualizando el catálogo de especies y su distribución&#13;
y se ha elaborado claves para la determinación de géneros, subgéneros&#13;
y especies. Hasta la fecha se conocen en la península Ibérica 73&#13;
especies y subespecies de Amarina, que se incluyen en 13 subgéneros y&#13;
2 géneros. Se aportan argumentos recientes y clásicos para considerar a&#13;
Curtonotus Stephens, 1828 y Amarocelia Motschulsky, 1862 como taxones&#13;
independientes. También se discuten aspectos biogeográficos de los Amarina&#13;
ibéricos; el patrón de los taxones de esta subtribu es diferente al del&#13;
conjunto de la familia Carabidae en la península ibérica, ya que la mayoría&#13;
de los Amarina presentan una distribución amplia en la región Paleártica,&#13;
mientras que en el conjunto de los carábidos ibéricos predominan los endemismos&#13;
y los elementos mediterráneos. También se incluyen consideraciones&#13;
sobre la historia evolutiva de toda la subtribu Amarina, que parece&#13;
ser un grupo asiático europeo cuya llegada a la cuenca mediterránea se&#13;
produjo al cerrase el antiguo mar de Tethys.
Thanks are due to colleagues of the Department of Zoology of Murcia&#13;
for providing beetles included in this study, and the personnel of the&#13;
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid) in charge of beetle collections&#13;
(particularly Carolina Martín), for the facilities to consult hundreds&#13;
of specimens. We also thank our colleagues Juan and Eduard Vives,&#13;
Marcos Toribio and Juan Pérez Zaballos for donating valuable specimens&#13;
included in this study. Thanks are also due to Francisco Rodríguez Luque&#13;
(Faluke) and Fran García for providing the colour photographs of Amara&#13;
species.&#13;
The study has been supported by the project Animal Phylogeny and&#13;
Evolution (project no. 19908/GERM/15) funded by the Fundación Séneca,&#13;
Murcia. We have no competing interests in the elaboration of this paper.
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