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23 February 2022 Phylogeny of the South American genus Baripus (Coleoptera : Carabidae : Broscini) with the description of new mountain species from the northern Patagonia Biogeographic Province
Sergio A. Roig-Juñent, Gabriela Cisterna, Mariana Griotti
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Abstract

The genus Baripus Dejean is a carabid beetle endemic to southern South America, inhabiting grassland and shrub habitats in mountain and lowland areas. In this work, the phylogeny of the genus is updated and new species restricted to isolated mountains from the Patagonia Biogeographic Province are described. The cladistic analysis showed that the new mountain species comprise a monophyletic clade with five other species. Within this group, the species are arranged in two internal clades. Each clade contains one or two lowland species with a wide distribution range and the remaining species with microendemic distribution on each mountain system. Their distribution pattern suggests that mountain species of Baripus could have originated since (by) the end of the Cenozoic when the mountains uplifted and acted as a refuge for populations of lowland species that remained isolated and later became differentiated from one another. Based on morphological and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I molecular data, Baripus (Cardiophthalmus) palauco, sp. nov., Baripus (Cardiophthalmus) tromen, sp. nov., Baripus (Cardiophthalmus) aucamahuida, sp. nov. and Baripus (Cardiophthalmus) payun, sp. nov. are described and a key to all currently known species of Baripus (Cardiophthalmus) is provided.

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Sergio A. Roig-Juñent, Gabriela Cisterna, and Mariana Griotti "Phylogeny of the South American genus Baripus (Coleoptera : Carabidae : Broscini) with the description of new mountain species from the northern Patagonia Biogeographic Province," Invertebrate Systematics 36(3), 226-243, (23 February 2022). https://doi.org/10.1071/IS21028
Received: 9 April 2021; Accepted: 15 September 2021; Published: 23 February 2022
KEYWORDS
aucamahuida
Baripus
Cardiophthalmus
distribution pattern
palauco
payun
Payunia volcanoes
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