A new genus and species of Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera) from Madagascar

Stuckenberg, Brian R.

doi:10.1163/22119434-900000093

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“…Morphological terminology essentially follows Merz and Haenni (2000) except for the antenna, for which we follow Stuckenberg (1999). Measurements and ratios of the head follow Cerretti (2010).…”

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A neotype designation for the bone-skipper Centrophlebomyia anthropophaga (Diptera, Piophilidae, Thyreophorina), with a review of the Palaearctic species of Centrophlebomyia

Mei¹,

Whitmore²,

Giudice³

et al. 2013

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The European bone-skippers (Diptera: Piophilidae: Thyreophorina), long considered extinct, have recently been the object of much interest by dipterists after their unexpected rediscovery. Considerable faunistic work has been done on these flies in recent years. However, some nomenclatural and taxonomic issues still require attention. A neotype is designated for Thyreophora anthropophaga Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (now in the genus Centrophlebomyia Hendel, 1903) to fix the identity of this nominal species. Centrophlebomyia anthropophaga is recognized as a valid species. It is described and illustrated in detail, and information on its preimaginal instars is provided for the first time. Four Palaearctic species of Centrophlebomyia are recognized and reviewed and a key is provided for their identification. Centrophlebomyia orientalis Hendel, 1907 from northern India, is removed from synonymy with Centrophlebomyia anthropophaga and recognized as a valid species of Centrophlebomyia, stat. r. The nominal genus Protothyreophora Ozerov, 1984 is considered a junior synonym of Centrophlebomyia, syn. n.

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A neotype designation for the bone-skipper Centrophlebomyia anthropophaga (Diptera, Piophilidae, Thyreophorina), with a review of the Palaearctic species of Centrophlebomyia

Mei¹,

Whitmore²,

Giudice³

et al. 2013

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“…The Pelecorhynchidae occur in Australia and South America, with a single genus in North America. The Austroleptidae were recently removed from the Rhagionidae (Stuckenberg 2001) and are a small family endemic to temperate Australia and South America. The Apioceridae are most species rich in Australia and western North America, but a few species of the only genus Apiocera Westwood are known from South Africa and southern South America; members of the closely related megasceline Mydidae have a similar distribution (Yeates & Irwin 1996).…”

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Insects ‘Down Under’– Diversity, endemism and evolution of the Australian insect fauna: examples from select orders

Austin

Yeates

Cassis

et al. 2004

Australian Journal of Entomology

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The Australian insect fauna is highly endemic and characterised by numerous unique higher‐level taxa. In addition, a number of groups are noticeably absent or depauperate on the continent. Many groups found in Australia show characteristic Gondwanan distribution patterns on the southern continents. There are extensive radiations on the plant families Myrtaceae and Mimosaceae, a specialised arid/semiarid fauna, and diverse taxa associated with rainforests and seasonally wet tropical regions. The fauna is also poorly studied, particularly when compared with the flora and vertebrate groups. However, studies in the last two decades have provided a more comprehensive picture of the size of the fauna, relationships, levels of endemism, origins and its evolution. Here we provide an overview of these and other aspects of Australian insect diversity, focusing on six groups, the Thysanoptera and the five megadiverse orders Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera.

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“…The specimens had been preserved in ethanol and were slide mounted in Berlese Fluid (Disney 2001). The terminology for the morphology employs the more traditional labels (e.g., Disney 1994), except the 'third antennal segment' is now called by the older term postpedicel in view of Stuckenberg's (1999) demonstration that it is a thus clearly incorrect.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%