Table 1.
Summary of specimens included in the Churchill Coleoptera barcode library
|
Family |
Number of genera* |
Provisional species richness |
Number of named species |
Number of individual barcodes (≥300 bp) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (named species plus MOTUs) | ||||
| Bostrichidae** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brachyceridae |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Buprestidae |
3 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| Byrrhidae |
2 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
| Cantharidae |
2 |
6 |
0 |
36 |
| Carabidae |
21 |
52 |
46 |
778 |
| Cerambycidae |
5 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
| Chrysomelidae |
9 |
10 |
4 |
198 |
| Cleridae |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Coccinellidae |
8 |
12 |
6 |
63 |
| Cryptophagidae |
2 |
7 |
0 |
49 |
| Cucujidae |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Curculionidae |
10 |
15 |
10 |
46 |
| Dytiscidae |
17 |
63 |
52 |
1338 |
| Elateridae |
6 |
10 |
8 |
58 |
| Elmidae |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Gyrinidae |
1 |
9 |
7 |
124 |
| Haliplidae |
1 |
5 |
3 |
44 |
| Heteroceridae |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
| Hydraenidae** |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Hydrophilidae |
5 |
11 |
8 |
84 |
| Lampyridae |
1 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
| Latridiidae |
2 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
| Leiodidae |
3 |
10 |
2 |
39 |
| Melyridae |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
| Mordellidae |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Ptiliidae |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Scarabaeidae |
2 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Scirtidae |
1 |
3 |
2 |
72 |
| Scraptiidae |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| Silphidae |
2 |
3 |
3 |
35 |
| Sphindidae |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
| Staphylinidae |
22 |
54 |
16 |
159 |
| Total | 129 | 302 | 184 | 3203 |
*Minimum number, as 123 specimens were identified to family level only.
**Family collected in Churchill but failed to yield a successful barcode sequence.