Biogeographic analysis of Crocidiinae (Diptera, Bombyliidae): finding congruence among morphological, molecular, fossil and paleogeographical data

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker; Nihei, Silvio Shigueo

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262007000300003

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“…The oldest known bee fly fossil is from the Middle Jurassic (Mythicomyiinae: Palaeoplatypygus zaitzevi Kovalev; Kalugina and Kovalev, 1985), the earliest record of a developed sand chamber is from the mid‐Cretaceous (Ye et al, 2019), and the oldest bee flies with a concave postcranium are described from the Eocene (Cythereinae: Paleolomatia menatensis Nel, 2008; and Lomatiinae: Comptosia pria Wedmann and Yeates, 2008). The origin of the Bombyliidae was estimated at around 170 Ma in the context of a phylogeny of all Diptera (Wiegmann et al, 2011), and the non‐mythicomyiine lineage diverged 140–190 Ma (mean = 165 Ma) (Lamas and Nihei, 2007).…”

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Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Teasdale

Bayless

et al. 2020

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Bombyliidae is a very species-rich and widespread family of parasitoid flies with more than 250 genera classified into 17 extant subfamilies. However, little is known about their evolutionary history or how their present-day diversity was shaped. Transcriptomes of 15 species and anchored hybrid enrichment (AHE) sequence captures of 86 species, representing 94 bee fly species and 14 subfamilies, were used to reconstruct the phylogeny of Bombyliidae. We integrated data from transcriptomes across each of the main lineages in our AHE tree to build a data set with more genes (550 loci versus 216 loci) and higher support levels. Our overall results show strong congruence with the current classification of the family, with 11 out of 14 included subfamilies recovered as monophyletic. Heterotropinae and Mythicomyiinae are successive sister groups to the remainder of the family. We examined the evolution of key morphological characters through our phylogenetic hypotheses and show that neither the "sand chamber subfamilies" nor the "Tomophthalmae" are monophyletic in our phylogenomic analyses. Based on our results, we reinstate two tribes at the subfamily level (Phthiriinae stat. rev. and Ecliminae stat. rev.) and we include the genus Sericosoma Macquart (previously incertae sedis) in the subfamily Oniromyiinae, bringing the total number of bee fly subfamilies to 19. Our dating analyses indicate a Jurassic origin of the family , with the sand chamber evolving early in bee fly evolution, in the late Jurassic or mid-Cretaceous (100-165 Ma). We hypothesize that the angiosperm radiation and the hothouse climate established during the late Cretaceous accelerated the diversification of bee flies, by providing an expanded range of resources for the parasitoid larvae and nectarivorous adults.

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Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Teasdale

Bayless

et al. 2020

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“…The origin of the Bombyliidae (in a broader sense, including Mythicomyiinae, as recently supported by Trautwein et al 2010) was hypothesized to have taken place in the Middle Jurassic, based on congruence among biogeographical, molecular and fossil data (see Lamas & Nihei 2007), whereas the diversification of the Bombyliinae lineage has occurred since the Early Cretaceous (125 Mya), according to molecular dating (Wiegmann et al 2003). Fossil records for Bombyliinae and Bombyliini, where Heterostylum, Triploechus, and Apiformyia have been allocated, are rare, and this scarcity has hampered to further discussions about the ancient diversification of these taxa and also of any other bombyliine group.…”

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“…Fossil records for Bombyliinae and Bombyliini, where Heterostylum, Triploechus, and Apiformyia have been allocated, are rare, and this scarcity has hampered to further discussions about the ancient diversification of these taxa and also of any other bombyliine group. For example, the oldest fossil records for Bombyliini are described from the Eocene epoch (Evenhuis 1997;Lamas & Nihei 2007). These fossil records are represented by Bombylius from Germany (Miocene), France (Oligocene), and the Baltic region (Eocene/Oligocene); and Dischistus from France (Oligocene).…”

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Phylogeny and Biogeography ofHeterostylum(Diptera: Bombyliidae): Evidence for an Ancient Caribbean Diversification Model

Lamas

Nihei

Cunha³

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Florida Entomologist

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“… Grimaldi (2016) suggested that the radiation age of Bombyliidae is the Late Cretaceous, but Lamas and Nihei (2007) suggested a Middle Jurassic age based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis. Molecular models and biogeography support a Late Mesozoic diversification of asiloids, with Bombyliidae at the base of the Asiloidea ( Winterton et al, 2015 ; Grimaldi, 2016 ).…”

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Evolution of Lower Brachyceran Flies (Diptera) and Their Adaptive Radiation with Angiosperms

Zhang

Wang

2017

Front. Plant Sci.

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The Diptera (true flies) is one of the most species-abundant orders of Insecta, and it is also among the most important flower-visiting insects. Dipteran fossils are abundant in the Mesozoic, especially in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. Here, we review the fossil record and early evolution of some Mesozoic lower brachyceran flies together with new records in Burmese amber, including Tabanidae, Nemestrinidae, Bombyliidae, Eremochaetidae, and Zhangsolvidae. The fossil records reveal that some flower-visiting groups had diversified during the mid-Cretaceous, consistent with the rise of angiosperms to widespread floristic dominance. These brachyceran groups played an important role in the origin of co-evolutionary relationships with basal angiosperms. Moreover, the rise of angiosperms not only improved the diversity of flower-visiting flies, but also advanced the turnover and evolution of other specialized flies.

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Biogeographic analysis of Crocidiinae (Diptera, Bombyliidae): finding congruence among morphological, molecular, fossil and paleogeographical data

Cited by 9 publications

References 28 publications

Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Phylogeny and Biogeography ofHeterostylum(Diptera: Bombyliidae): Evidence for an Ancient Caribbean Diversification Model

Evolution of Lower Brachyceran Flies (Diptera) and Their Adaptive Radiation with Angiosperms

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