title: The classification and phylogenetic status of Jekelius (Reitterius) punctulatus (Jekel, 1866) and Jekelius (Jekelius) brullei (Jekel, 1866) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) using molecular data.
abstract: The phylogenetic placement of Jekelius brullei (Jekel, 1866) and J. punctulatus (Jekel, 1866) (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) was assessed using mitochondrial and nuclear molecular data to discern contrasting nomenclatural views provided by López-Colón (1996) and the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Löbl et al. 2006). Our results support both the monophyletic and classification status of the genus Jekelius López-Colón, 1989; and the splitting of the genus into the subgenera Jekelius López-Colón, 1989 and Reitterius López-Colón, 1996. The basal phylogenetic placement of these two species also suggests an oriental origin for Jekelius within the western Palaearctic region. Finally, we include a potential distributional map of Jekelius (Reitterius) punctulatus (Jekel, 1866) based on an exhaustive search of occurrence data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Consejo Superior de Iinvestigaciones Científicas. c/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.; Email: mcnj117@mncn.csic.es.
authors.forename: Jorge M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biogeography and Global Change, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Consejo Superior de Iinvestigaciones Científicas. c/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.; Email: yjr@mncn.csic.es.
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Ruiz
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.; Email: evgeni.chehlarov@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Evgeni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chehlarov
authors.affiliation: Natural Museum of Natural History, 1 blvd. Tzar Osvoboditel, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.; Email: gueorguiev@nmnhs.com.
authors.forename: Borislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guéorguiev
authors.affiliation: National Genetic Laboratory, 2 Zdrave str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.; Email: yanagradinarova@abv.bg.
authors.forename: Yana
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Petrova
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Sciences, Viničná 7, CZ-128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic.; Email: kraldavid59@gmail.com.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Král
authors.affiliation: Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Museum of Natural Sciences, Consejo Superior de Iinvestigaciones Científicas. c/ José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006, Madrid, Spain.; Email: zarazaga@mncn.csic.es.
authors.forename: Miguel Ángel
authors.initials: MÁ
authors.lastname: Alonso-Zarazaga
authors.affiliation: Instituto Universitario de Investigación Centro Iberoamericano de Biodiversidad, University of Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig, 03080 Alicante, Spain.; Email: jr.verdu@ua.es.
authors.forename: José R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Verdú
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny