Global diversification of coastal Cafius rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) driven by ocean currents since the early Miocene.

ABSTRACT: As our understanding of abiotic factors continues to grow, along with insights into the biological traits of organisms, so too does the sophistication of studies exploring global diversification and spatio-temporal distribution patterns. The global distribution of coastal Cafius rove beetles, combined with the endemic distribution patterns observed in its subclades, suggests repeated colonization of new regions via ocean surface currents, followed by local diversification and speciation. We reached these conclusions by reconstructing the Cafius phylogeny and a time-calibrated Cafius phylogeny, then conducting a spatio-temporal biogeographic analysis. Our study is based on sequences from 10 genetic loci, including six nuclear and four mitochondrial genes (6891 bp). Our findings support the

SUBMITTER: Ahn KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12789850 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature