Dendarus is a genus of
darkling beetles in the family
Tenebrionidae. The genus is distributed from Morocco to Caucasus and exhibits a high level of diversity with 36 species, 27 of which are island
endemics.[1][2]
Analyses of the phylogenetic relationships of 23 species from Greece and Turkey revealed 13 distinct lineages with several para- and polyphyletic cases corresponding to three major phylogroups [south/south-east Aegean (D. foraminosus complex, D. rhodius, D. sporadicus, D. wettsteini); central to north Aegean, Turkey and mainland Greece (D. crenulatus, D. moesiacus group, D. sinuatus complex, D. stygius) and mainland Greece (D. messenius, D. paganettii)].[1]
Species
The following species and subspecies within Dendarus are accepted by the
Fauna Europaea database:[3]
^Trichas, A. (2008). "The genus Dendarus LATREILLE, 1829 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Dendarini) in Greece. (A systematic account of the genus with description of a new species and four new systematic combinations.)". In Makarov, S. E.; Dimitrijević, R. N. (eds.). Advances in arachnology and developmental biology. Papers dedicated to Prof. Dr. Božidar Ćurčić. Vienna, Belgrade, Sofia: Institute of Zoology, Belgrade; BAS, Sofia; Faculty of Life Science, Vienna; SASA, Belgrade & UNESCO MAB Serbia. pp. 417–462.
Dendarus is a genus of
darkling beetles in the family
Tenebrionidae. The genus is distributed from Morocco to Caucasus and exhibits a high level of diversity with 36 species, 27 of which are island
endemics.[1][2]
Analyses of the phylogenetic relationships of 23 species from Greece and Turkey revealed 13 distinct lineages with several para- and polyphyletic cases corresponding to three major phylogroups [south/south-east Aegean (D. foraminosus complex, D. rhodius, D. sporadicus, D. wettsteini); central to north Aegean, Turkey and mainland Greece (D. crenulatus, D. moesiacus group, D. sinuatus complex, D. stygius) and mainland Greece (D. messenius, D. paganettii)].[1]
Species
The following species and subspecies within Dendarus are accepted by the
Fauna Europaea database:[3]
^Trichas, A. (2008). "The genus Dendarus LATREILLE, 1829 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Dendarini) in Greece. (A systematic account of the genus with description of a new species and four new systematic combinations.)". In Makarov, S. E.; Dimitrijević, R. N. (eds.). Advances in arachnology and developmental biology. Papers dedicated to Prof. Dr. Božidar Ćurčić. Vienna, Belgrade, Sofia: Institute of Zoology, Belgrade; BAS, Sofia; Faculty of Life Science, Vienna; SASA, Belgrade & UNESCO MAB Serbia. pp. 417–462.