Table 1.

Topology test for the nine proposed hypotheses among the four suborders of beetles

No.	Topology	Amino acid data		Nucleotide data
		Δln L	AU test p-values	Δln L	AU test p-values
T9	(Polyphaga, (Adephaga, (Archostemata, Myxophaga)))	0	0.920	0	0.946
T8	(Polyphaga, (Myxophaga, (Adephaga, Archostemata)))	23.65	0.123	16.64	0.151
T7	(Polyphaga, (Archostemata, (Adephaga, Myxophaga)))	19.95	0.227	21.04	0.088
T1	(Archostemata, (Adephaga, (Myxophaga, Polyphaga)))	117.83	2e − 05*	90.38	0.002*
T3	(Archostemata, (Myxophaga, (Adephaga, Polyphaga)))	109.62	0.001*	70.81	0.018*
T6	(Archostemata, (Polyphaga, (Myxophaga, Adephaga)))	59.96	0.036*	54.42	0.030*
T2	((Archostemata, Adephaga), (Polyphaga, Myxophaga))	118.50	4e − 05*	93.51	1e − 22*
T4	((Archostemata, Myxophaga), (Adephaga, Polyphaga))	92.38	5e − 04*	64.45	0.007*
T5	((Archostemata, Polyphaga), (Adephaga, Myxophaga))	92.30	2e − 05*	80.11	0.003*

* p-value <0.05 indicates statistical rejection