ARTS: Systematics of the darkling beetle genus Eleodes: Integrating morphology, DNA, and biodiversity informatics to resolve a taxonomically impeded genus

黑拟步甲是一种不会飞的拟步甲属，分布于北美洲西部。通常被称为臭甲虫，Eleodes以其“倒立”行为和受到威胁时喷射的有毒化学物质而闻名。 该项目将通过全面的系统发育研究策略和创新的基于内容管理系统的数据积累方法，解决百年系统挑战，向其他学科开放该属。它将为Eleodes分类学，形态学和自然历史创建一个虚拟的基于生物学的知识环境，将标本，图像和参考作品与相关的分类学，系统发育学，本体注释的解剖学和地理数据联系起来。该项目将通过对博士后学者、博士的重点培训，大力推进我们对Eleodes和tenebrionid系统学的理解学生，最少8-12名本科生。几乎所有生成的数据都将通过项目门户网站提供，并二次上传到EOL和Morphbank。科学界和公众将通过Eleodes标本数据和图像的协同扩展参与到“节肢动物网络西南收藏”（SCAN），创建生物多样性信息学实验室模块，并将Eleodes生物学和多样性主题纳入ASU的推广计划，包括开发学习应用程序和实施学校和博物馆活动。

Eleodes is a flightless genus of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) endemic to western North America. Commonly called stink beetles, Eleodes are known for their "headstanding" behavior and the noxious chemicals they eject when threatened. This project will open the genus to other disciplines by addressing century-old systematic challenges through a comprehensive phylogenetic research strategy and an innovative, content management system-based data accumulation approach. It will create a virtual specimen-based knowledge environment for Eleodes taxonomy, morphology, and natural history linking specimens, images, and reference works to associated taxonomic, phylogenetic, ontologically annotated anatomical and geographic data. This project will strongly advance our understanding of Eleodes and tenebrionid systematics through focused training of a postdoctoral scholar, a Ph.D. student, and minimally 8-12 undergraduate students. Virtually all data generated will be available through the project web portal and secondarily uploaded to EOL and Morphbank. The scientific community and general public will be engaged through a synergistic extension of Eleodes specimen data and images to the "Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network" (SCAN), the creation of a biodiversity informatics lab module, and by incorporating Eleodes biology and diversity themes into ASU's outreach program, including the development of learning applications and implementation of school and museum activities.