RevSys: A systematic revision of the New World Exosternini (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

甲虫是节肢动物中引人注目的一员。作为许多害虫的捕食者，特别是苍蝇和树皮甲虫，它们具有法医和经济意义。有些是社会性昆虫的专门捕食者，并已进化出显着的生态整合机制。尽管它们在生态和经济上具有重要意义，但我们对它们多样性的了解却很少。该项目将阐明Exosternini中大约400个新热带物种的分类，利用DNA和解剖特征解决它们的进化关系，描述数百个新物种，提供插图鉴定指南，并为生命百科全书开发物种页面。该项目将加强国际科学合作。我们的实地工作将与拉丁美洲的研究机构合作进行，这些研究机构将作为标本库，提供当地的专门知识和支持，并通过项目讲习班受益。这项研究将为进一步研究甲虫生物多样性开辟一个重要的组成部分，为地球上最多样化的动物群体的进化提供更好的理解，并将有助于开发生物多样性科学方面的人力资源。

Histerid beetles are conspicuous members of the arthropod microfauna. As predators of numerous insect pests, especially flies and bark beetles, they have forensic and economic significance. Some are specialist predators of social insects, and have evolved remarkable ecological integrating mechanisms. Despite their ecological and economic importance, our knowledge of their diversity is poor. This project will clarify the taxonomy of approximately 400 Neotropical species in the Exosternini, resolving their evolutionary relationships using DNA and anatomical characteristics, describing hundreds of new species, providing illustrated identification guides, and developing species pages for the Encyclopedia of Life.This project will strengthen international scientific collaborations. Our fieldwork will be done in collaboration with Latin American research institutes, who will serve as specimen repositories, provide local expertise and support, and benefit through project workshops. This research will open up an important component of beetle biodiversity to further study, provide greater understanding of the evolution of the most diverse group of animals on the planet, and will help develop human resources in biodiversity science.