Drilini is a tribe of
beetles known commonly as the false firefly beetles, in the family
Elateridae.[1]
Systematics
In 2011, this lineage, formerly treated as a family, was transferred to the family
Elateridae as the tribe Drilini.[2] Two former genera, Pseudeuanoma and Euanoma, were moved to the click beetle subfamily
Omalisinae.[3]
A 2019 study presented the first densely sampled molecular phylogeny of Drilini based on nuclear and mitochondrial markers, recovering 5 major clades well supported by morphology along with several new genera and species.[4]
References
^Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards.
Drilidae.Archived 21 May 2013 at the
Wayback Machine British insects: the families of Coleoptera. Version: 25 July 2012.
^Robin Kundrata; Ladislav Bocak (2019). "Molecular phylogeny reveals the gradual evolutionary transition to soft-bodiedness in click-beetles and identifies sub-Saharan Africa as a cradle of diversity for Drilini (Coleoptera: Elateridae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 187 (2): 413–452.
doi:
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz033.