Beetles are arguably the most diverse group of animals on Earth with over 400 000
described species. Yet the timing of main diversification events among these insects …

Tiger beetles are a remarkable group that captivates amateur entomologists, taxonomists
and evolutionary biologists alike. This diverse clade of beetles comprises about 2300 …

As a framework for revisionary study of the leafy liverwort Plagiochila in Australia, two
methods for species delimitation on molecular sequence data, General Mixed Yule …

Australia is a vast continent with a range of environments broadly differentiated into three
major biomes. The best studied of these, the mesic biome, is confined to the eastern coast …

Little is known about species diversification within the deserts of Central Asia. For example,
the degree of lineage divergence and timing of population differentiation, as well as …

Climatic change, and in particular aridification, has played a dominant role in sha**
Southern Hemisphere biotas since the mid-Neogene. In Australia, ancient and geologically …

Studying dipterans at the scene of a death can provide essential information for interpreting
the evidence and help to reconstruct the events happened to a corpse in the past. Molecular …

The Australian arid zone is well recognised as a source of evolutionary novelty and diversity.
Roles for selection vs. drift in the region remain less understood. We surveyed mitogenomic …

Introduction. Carabidae comprises one of the largest families of Coleoptera and by far the
largest in the suborder Adephaga. In the sense of the present chapter (including …

Alpha taxonomy is fundamental for many biological fields. Delineation of the species
boundary, however, can be challenging in a species complex, where different species share …