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September 10, 2025Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Beetle in the hay: investigating the molecular phylogeny and geometric morphometrics of the genus Pedinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Greece

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AKA KonstantopoulouNational and Kapodistrian University of AthensΕMΕmmanouil MeramveliotakisUniversity of CyprusΙAΙoannis AnastasiouBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Implication

This research conducts molecular phylogenetic and geometric morphometric analyses of Pedinus, revealing evolutionary relationships and morphological characteristics.

Key Points

  • The molecular phylogeny indicates evolutionary relationships among species of Pedinus in Greece.
  • Geometric morphometric analyses show that body shape variation corresponds with phylogeny in Pedinus.
  • This study is the first of its kind to address the phylogeny of Pedinus specifically in mainland Greece and Crete.
  • Results suggest that body shape may serve as a significant species-specific trait for certain taxa within Pedinus.

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Konstantopoulou et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1a91354b1d3bfb60e2616https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaf035
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