Josh Jenkins ShawUniversity of Copenhagen · Natural History Museum of Denmark
Josh Jenkins Shaw
PhD
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Introduction
I am an entomologist with a particular interest in the beetle family Staphylinidae (rove beetles). I study rove beetle taxonomy, phylogenetics, biogeography and natural history.
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. I completed my PhD in the Solodovnikov Lab at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, my MSc in Entomology at Harper Adams University and my BSc in Ecology at the University of East Anglia.
Education
October 2015 - March 2019
September 2014 - September 2015
September 2011 - July 2014
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Publications (55)
Lord Howe is an oceanic and relatively young island situated in an area of complex geological and therefore biogeographical processes. The island boasts a large number of endemic species, including many beetles, however, few groups are in an adequate state of systematic knowledge for biogeographic investigation. Recent advances in the systematics o...
The phenomenon of exaggerated morphological structures has fascinated people for centuries. Beetles of the family Scarabaeidae show many very diverse exaggerated characters, for example, a variety of horns, enlarged mandibles or elongated antennal lamellae. Here, we report a new Mesozoic scarab, Antiqusolidus maculatus gen. et sp. n. from the Lower...
The Mesozoic, ca. 99-million-year-old Burmese amber is an incredible source of fossil beetles that have been very actively studied in recent times and have already significantly improved our knowledge about the evolution of the large family of Staphylinidae, the rove beetles. Nevertheless, new extinct taxa of high phylogenetic interest are being di...
We describe a new genus and species of Paederinae rove beetles, Ruptor cordatus gen. et sp. nov., which lives in the arboreal nests of the termite Labiotermes labralis (Holmgren, 1906) in the Amazon lowlands of Peru. The morphology of Ruptor gen. nov. is highly derived, apparently due to its close association with the termite host, and thus, morpho...
Ground-dwelling beetles are important functional components in nutrient-poor grasslands of middle temperate steppe ecosystems in China. Here, we assessed the changes in ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities in the grasslands of northwestern China over 12 years to improve the management and conservation of beetles all over the world. The...
The males of some species of the rove beetle genus Bledius Leach (1819) have a pronounced horn protruding from the anterior margin of the pronotum. The horn function is not known, however in many other horn-bearing beetles, these structures are implicated in male-male combat over females. In this study, scaling relationships are investigated for th...
Based on a rare, large sample of Myotyphlus Fauvel, 1883 from Tasmania, Myotyphlus newtoni Solodovnikov and Jenkins Shaw 2017 is newly recorded for the island. A single female specimen undetermined to species level is reported from the Near Threatened Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 (Rodentia: Muridae), which is reported as a host for Myotyphlus for...
The complete mitochrondiral genome of Aulacochilus grouvellei Achard, 1923 was sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq platform. It represents the first mitochondrial genome of the subfamily Erotylinae. The mitogenome is a double-stranded circular molecule 15,607 bp in length with 22 transfer RNA genes, 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and...
A positive correlation between the species richness and morphological diversity of some organisms has been found in almost all studies at the local community scale. However, this documented relationship has not always been consistent because of diverse niches and the status of an organism in an ecosystem. Global taxon sampling, new morphological ap...
The first fossil rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Zealand is described from the earliestMiocene
Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstätte, Otago. The new species, Sphingoquedius meto n. sp., is attributable to the tribe
Amblyopinini of the subfamily Staphylininae based on the scutellum with anterior scutellar ridge only; isodiametric
microscu...
The first fossil rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from New Zealand is described from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstätte, Otago. The new species, Sphingoquedius meto n. sp., is attributable to the tribe Amblyopinini of the subfamily Staphylininae based on the scutellum with anterior scutellar ridge only; isodiametric
microsc...
The subtribe Procirrina comprises eight extant
genera with a predominately (sub)tropical distribution.
Molecular and total-evidence phylogenies
consistently recover Procirrina sister to
the subtribe Pinophilina, which together form
the tribe Pinophilini of the rove beetle subfamily
Paederinae. Nothing from the fossil record
of the tribe has ever be...
Cafius gigas Lea, 1929 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) was a large rove beetle endemic to Lord Howe Island (LHI) resembling Cafius and the LHI flightless endemic Hesperus dolichoderes (Lea, 1925). Like several other LHI endemics, C. gigas became extinct due to human-introduced rats. It is a legacy species valuable for understanding the LHI biota in ter...
Cafius gigas Lea, 1929 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) was a large rove beetle endemic to Lord Howe Island (LHI) resembling Cafius and the LHI flightless endemic Hesperus dolichoderes (Lea, 1925). Like several other LHI endemics, C. gigas became extinct due to human-introduced rats. It is a legacy species valuable for understanding the LHI biota in ter...
The rove beetle tribe Amblyopinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylin-inae) is a recently discovered monophyletic lineage comprising an estimated 1000 or more species of mainly leaf-and log litter-dwelling predatory insects found throughout the southern hemisphere. Of these, a single genus Heterothops Stephens somehow conquered all continents in...
The recently reviewed subtribe Procirrina comprises eight extant genera with a predominately (sub)tropical distribution. Previous phylogenies consistently recover the tribe Pinophilini of the subfamily Paederinae monophyletic. No fossils of the tribe have been described, although compression fossils are known from the Cenozoic Green River Formation...
In a recent paper (Jenkins Shaw et al. 2020) we stated that the holotype of Amazonothops aslaki would be deposited in the Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD). According to the conditions of the permit RDG 0328-2017-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS/RDG 356-2017-SERFOR-DGGSPFFS, the holotype and one paratype (SEM coated male with same data as holotype but from 4...
A new monotypic genus of Staphylininae Latreille, 1802 tribe incertae sedis is proposed based on Amazonothops aslakigen. et sp. nov. from the Peruvian Amazon. Descriptions and illustrations of the new genus and species are provided. Its systematic placement and phylogenetic significance are discussed.
The fossil record contains vital information about the evolution of lineages and is a source of data that cannot be reconciled other than by the direct observation of morphologies. Total-evidence phylogenetic reconstruction is being increasingly used to assess the position of extinct taxa by incorporating morphological data from extinct and extant...
With more than 63,000 described species, Staphylinidae (rove beetles) is the most speciose family of Coleoptera. The subtribe Amblyopinina (Staphylininae: Staphylinini) is a recently discovered monophyletic lineage comprising an estimated thousand or more species of predatory insects that dominate the forest floor habitats of the Southern Hemispher...
The research contained in this thesis explores the phylogenetic systematics of a hitherto very poorly
known group of predatory rove beetles, the subtribe Amblyopinina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).
This subtribe comprises one of the predominant rove beetle groups in the south temperate
continents and islands of the world where they are abundant in fo...
A survey of Lord Howe Island Coleoptera was conducted by a team from the Australian Museum and the Natural History Museum of Denmark (University of Copenhagen), in February 2017. The primary purpose of the survey was to assess the status of larger species, with the assumption that these are more vulnerable to predation by the introduced rodent Ratt...
Deleaster wilhelmensis sp. nov (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae: Deleastrini) is described and illustrated from Mount Wilhelm, Papua New Guinea. It is the fi rst species of Deleaster Erichson, 1839 recorded from Oceania and represents a signifi cant expansion of the known range of the genus.
The rove beetle Myotyphlus newtoni Solodovnikov & Jenkins Shaw, 2016 is reported from two new rodent hosts from Victoria, Australia. Based on the preservation of one of the specimens with its mandibles clasping rodent hair, the association of Myotyphlus with mammals is discussed.
The subtribe Amblyopinina forms a significant and taxonomically very poorly explored component of diversity of the ‘Southern Hemisphere clade’ of the tribe Staphylinini. Amblyopinina are especially diverse in Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and South America, with depauperate species diversity in South Africa, thus representing a putative ‘gondw...
Devilleferus brunkei Jenkins Shaw & Solodovnikov, gen. et sp. nov., a distinctive new genus and species of
Staphylinini rove beetle with an unusual set of morphological characters is described from the tropical Andes (Ecuador and possibly Colombia and Bolivia) in South America. To resolve systematic placement of the new genus within Staphylinini we...
Philonthus antipodum Fauvel, 1877 is placed in synonymy with Philonthus umbratilis (Gravenhorst, 1802), a rove beetle from the Palaearctic adventive in Australia. To fix the identity of Philonthus antipodum Fauvel, 1877, a lectotype is designated.
Presentation at the 32nd International Meeting on Biology and Systematics of Staphylinidae
Myotyphlus jansoni (Matthews 1878) a rare and the only rove beetle species from the subtribe Amblyopinina (Staphylininae) in Australia that occurs in the fur of small mammals, is revised. Examination of the male genitalia of this species leads to identification of three distinct species: M. jansoni from Tasmania, Myotyphlus newtoni sp. nov. and Myo...
Presentation at Island Biology 2016
The rove beetle subtribe Amblyopinina is the signature group of terrestrial Staphylinidae in the south temperate region e.g. Australia, New Zealand, southern South America. Recent phylogenetic studies have found the subtribe to be monophyletic and much larger in composition than thought before. A large amount of taxonomic acts (several new genera t...
Systematic changes in the rove beetle (Staphylinidae) tribe Staphylinini Latreille, 1802, recently published by the broader taxonomic community are screened for novelties that affect the British fauna. Changes affecting the systematic placement and nomenclature of some British species are extracted and summarized here. As a result, four additional...
Age and sex of individuals are vital parameters in any population studies on birds. Understanding age and sex structure of populations may provide insights into age or sex biased survival rates, reproductive success and overall population trends. Over half of the passerine bird species that occur in the Western Palearctic are monochromatic and thus...
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Projects (7)
The males of some species of the rove beetle genus Bledius Leach (1918) have a pronounced horn protruding from the anterior margin of the pronotum. Their function is not known, however in many other horn-bearing beetles, these structures are implicated in male-male combat over females. This project aims to investigate the function of the horns and investigate their scaling relationships.
To elucidate the origins, evolution and biology of Amblyopinina rove beetles associated with mammals in the Neotropics and Australia
