Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)

Makranczy, Gy.: Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the genera in the Carpelimus group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

characters and do not help in reconstructing the phylogeny, but rather they illustrate adaptations of lineages. He a priori excluded the characters of the metendosternite from the analysis, but did use some features of mandibles and legs. Finally, he mapped the "adaptive" characters on his tree. He linked the adaptive characters with different life styles ("zhiznennaya forma") and assigned all genera of Oxytelinae to five life-style categories. Although the work was largely based on HERMAN'S (1970) and NEWTON's (1982) publications, some other papers by these authors are strangely ignored (or at least their results are not accepted, without explanation). For example, the sister-group relationship of Bledius and Eppelsheimius, established by HERMAN (19836) is not accepted (without explanation). In contrast to the four tribes recognized by earlier authors, GlLDENKOV (2003) proposed a five tribe classification. The genera included in Gildenkov's tribes are rather different from the system outlined in HERMAN'S or NEWTON'S publications, the Tree of Life webpage and the one proposed in the present work. In his system, the name of the fifth tribe (Mandini GlLDENKOV, 2003) is a replacement of Acrognathini REITTER, 1909, but for which there is an older name, Planeustomini JACQUELIN DU VAL, 1857 (see new classification on p. 98). New generic descriptions After the reassignment of Euphemias to Oxytelinae (NEWTON 1982) and the discovery of Oxypius (NEWTON 1982) three additional new genera were described: Mitosynum CAMPBELL, 1982, Platydeleaster SCHÜLKE, 2003 and Jerozenia HERMAN, 2003. These genera are monotypic, so while they contribute to the understanding of evolutionary tendencies, they leave the basic classification scheme of Oxytelinae unchanged. SCHÜLKE's (2003) description of Platydeleaster contains a discussion of its proposed placement and changes in the understanding of relationships among basal Oxytelinae. This discussion, however, was not supported by any formal analysis or character matrix. The newest described genus, Jerozenia HERMAN, 2003 is apparently a basal member of the tribe Oxytelini (as the author suggested indirectly). Two specimens were collected from a raiding column of an unspecified species of ant, one in flight, so it is probable that, as with Ecitoclimax (to which Jerozenia is supposed to be most closely related), this taxon is associated with ants. KASTCHEEV (2003) proposed another generic name, Coprostyzus, based on a species newly described and represented by two female specimens from Kazakhstan. Neither of the two types were examined by me, and based on the description alone it is not clear that the new species indeed deserves generic status (for this decision, male specimens would be essential). The character KASTCHEEV based the new genus on also (partially) occurs in Coprophilus longicollis. Very re-