Tribal relationships within the desert darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae)

A  phylogeny  of  the  Tenebrionidae  subfamily  Pimeliinae  was  reconstructed  based  on  420  taxa  and  629  genetic  loci  from  33  of  the  38  pimeliine tribes.  The  majority  of  represented tribes were recovered as monophyletic, with a few interesting exceptions.  Pimeliinae  as  a  whole  was  recovered  as  non-monophyletic,  though  further  analyses  with  additional  outgroup  taxa  are  needed  to  confirm  this  finding.  Additional  revisionary work at the generic level is clearly needed within several species-rich tribes  (ex. Asidini, Adesmiini, Edrotini, Sepidiini).