PTINIDAE (Borowski & Zahradnic, 2007)

Bell, Karen Leanne & Philips, T. Keith, 2012, Molecular systematics and evolution of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) and related families, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 165 (1), pp. 88-108 : 103-104

PTINIDAE SUBFAMILIES AND GENERA

Most of the subfamilies within the Ptinidae do not appear to be natural groupings. There is no support for the recognition of the Anobiinae , Dorcatomiinae, and Xyletininae in the limited taxon analyses, and this expands to include the Mesocoelopodinae in the larger data set. Via the inclusion of two species within the genus Ptilinus , weak support for monophyly is seen for the Ptilininae . With regards to the Gibbiinae , there is no support for monophyly. The two genera in this group included in this study ( Gibbium and Mezium ) are not closely related in any of the topologies. Hence the internal classification of this group will require thorough revision once a well-supported and broad-based study of this group, representative of the global diversity, is completed.

Genera within the anobiids were recovered as monophyletic, but some genera within Ptinidae s.s. were as polyphyletic or paraphyletic. Species within Ptinus (or one or more possibly closely related genera such as Xylodes Waterhouse, 1876 ) may represent several ancestral clades in the Ptinidae s.s. ( Philips, 2000), consistent with our observed paraphyly.