The Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of Mount Wilhelm and Wanang,with description of a new species and a preliminary phylogeny of Stenochiinae

More than 40 species of Tenebrionidae were collected within the frame of the land workgroup of the Papua New Guinea 2012 expedition “Our Planet Reviewed” (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle / Institut de Recherche pour le Développement and Pro-Natura International). Pending the identification of all collected material, a preliminary list is given below with the description of a new species, Uloma pascali n. sp., which is thought to be endemic to New Guinea. Some of sampled specimens (from subfamily Stenochiinae) were also used to conduct phylogenetic analyses on a multi marker molecular dataset. The objectives were the following: (i) provide a preliminary phylogenetic framework for the Stenochiinae, thanks to the inclusion of 46 representatives of the two most diverse stenochiine tribes (Cnodalonini and Stenochiini); and (ii) assess and discuss the placement of the sampled New Guinean Stenochiinae representatives. Our analyses support the monophyly of the tribe Stenochiini and the paraphyly of the tribe Cnodalonini. The latter is likely a by-product of the complex taxonomic history of the tribe, which has produced an artificial assemblage of distinctive lineages.