Hemerodromiinae (Diptera: Empididae): a tentative phylogeny and biogeographical discussion

Plant, Adrian R.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00547.x

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“…This subfamily includes the tribes Hemerodromiini and Chelipodini previously assigned to Hemerodromiinae. The genera Afrodromia and Drymodromia were removed from Chelipodini by Plant () and placed incertae sedis within Hemerodromiinae. Following our analysis these two taxa are now unplaced within the subfamily Empidinae.…”

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“…Plant () indicated that the genus Chelipodozus belongs to Hemerodromiini, but with low support. It is herein still considered belonging to Chelipodini until evidence about its relationship is revealed.…”

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“…Achelipoda Yang et al ., Anaclastoctedon Plant, Chelipoda Macquart, Chelipodozus , Monodromia Collin, Phyllodromia Zetterstedt, Ptilophyllodromia Bezzi, and Sororsenexa Plant (Melander, ; Smith, , , , ; Sinclair & Cumming, ; Yang et al ., ; Plant, ,c).…”

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Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera)

Wahlberg

Johanson

2018

Systematic Entomology

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Empidoidea represent a large and diverse superfamily of true flies, and to date no stable hypothesis on the phylogeny exists. Previous classifications have been based on morphological data and the relationships among several groups are still unknown. Using the mitochondrial genes cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) and cytochrome (Cyt ) and the nuclear genes carbomoylphosphate synthase domain of rudimentary (CAD), elongation factor-1 (EF-1 ) and isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) in a Bayesian analysis, we tested the support of higher taxonomic groups within this large superfamily of flies. We re-evaluated previous hypotheses of evolution within the group and present a highly supported phylogenetic hypothesis. Atelestidae, Dolichopodidae, Empididae and Hybotidae were supported as monophyletic families, with Atelestidae as sister group to the remaining Empidoidea. Within the family Hybotidae, Bicellariinae stat.n. formed the sister group to the other subfamilies. The family Ragadidae stat.n. is established to include the subfamily Ragadinae and the new subfamily Iteaphilinae subfam.n.; Ragadidae was sister group to the Empididae. Dolichopodidae was found to form a sister group to Ragadidae plus Empididae. Within Empididae, Hemerodromiinae was found to be a nonmonophyletic group. The tribes Hilarini and Hemerodromiini stat. rev. were recovered as sister groups, as were Empidini and Chelipodini stat. rev. The former family Brachystomatidae was found to be nested within Empididae. A revised classification and diagnoses of nondolichopodid families, subfamilies and tribes are provided.

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Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera)

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Johanson

2018

Systematic Entomology

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“…In the dipteran family Empididae, the ‘ Chelipoda ‐like group’ is confined to New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia (all on continental crust that rifted from Gondwana in the late Cretaceous) and Vanuatu (part of the island arc that rifted from Gondwana in the late Cretaceous. Plant (, p. 83) proposed that the group is ‘a relictual Gondwanan element that has survived Oligocene drowning as metapopulations persisting in situ on ephemeral islands along arcs, ridges and buoyant crustal blocks...’. Likewise, in ambrosia beetles, members of the weevil family Curculionidae, New Caledonian elements: ‘…may have survived as metapopulations on ephemeral islands over tens of millions of years… ’.…”

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Recent advances in New Caledonian biogeography

Heads

2018

Biological Reviews

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The biota of New Caledonia is one of the most unusual in the world. It displays high diversity and endemism, many peculiar absences, and far-flung biogeographic affinities. For example, New Caledonia is the only place on Earth with both main clades of flowering plants -the endemic Amborella and 'all the rest', and it also has the highest concentration of diversity in conifers. The discovery of Amborella's phylogenetic position led to a surge of interest in New Caledonian biogeography, and new studies are appearing at a rapid rate. This paper reviews work on the topic (mainly molecular studies) published since 2013. One current debate is focused on whether any biota survived the marine transgressions of the Paleocene and Eocene. Total submersion would imply that the entire fauna was derived by long-distance dispersal from continental areas since the Eocene, but only if no other islands (now submerged) were emergent. A review of the literature suggests there is little actual evidence in geology for complete submersion. An alternative explanation for New Caledonia's diversity is that the archipelago acted as a refugium, and that the biota avoided the extinctions that occurred in Australia. However, this is contradicted by the many groups that are anomalously absent or depauperate in New Caledonia, although represented there by a sister group. The anomalous absences, together with the unusual levels of endemism, can both be explained by vicariance at breaks in and around New Caledonia. New Caledonia has always been situated at or near a plate boundary, and its complex geological history includes the addition of new terranes (by accretion), orogeny, and rifting. New Caledonia comprises 'basement' terranes that were part of Gondwana, as well as island arc and forearc terranes that accreted to the basement after it separated from Gondwana. The regional tectonic history helps explain the regional biogeography, as well as distribution patterns within New Caledonia. These include endemics on the basement terranes (for example, the basal angiosperm, Amborella), disjunctions at the West Caledonian fault zone, and great biotic differences between Grande Terre and the Loyalty Islands.

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“…In these areas, species from the Brachystomatidae subfamily Ceratomerinae inhabit a similar ecological niche occupied by Wiedemannia in other regions (Sinclair, , , ). Dispersal to South Asia and thereafter Australia might also have been constrained by drying of the continent during the late Miocene, which has been considered the case in Hemerodromiinae (Plant, ).…”

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Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography provide insights into the subgeneric classification of Wiedemannia Zetterstedt (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)

Ivković

Wahlberg

Previšić

2018

Systematic Entomology

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The subgenera of Wiedemannia are poorly defined and, as such, most recently described species are not assigned to a subgenus or have been assigned to a subgenus without explanation. In this study we perform a molecular phylogenetic analysis to elucidate relationships within the genus Wiedemannia. We sequenced two mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase c subunit I and cytochrome ) and two nuclear (carbomoylphosphate synthase domain of rudimentary and elongation factor-1 ) gene fragments to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among the subgenera Chamaedipsia, Eucelidia, Philolutra, Pseudowiedemannia, Roederella and Wiedemannia (s.s.) using both Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood approaches. The genus was found to be monophyletic, but most of the subgenera were not. We propose eliminating the present subgeneric division altogether. Molecular dating using a log-normal clock model and calibration with fossil species indicated that Wiedemannia diversified about 48 Ma, while there was still land connectivity between Europe and Asia with North America. Wiedemannia has a near-worldwide distribution apart from the Australasian and Neotropical regions and Antarctica, with greatest species richness in the western Palaearctic, especially the Mediterranean region. Molecular phylogenetics support more recent morphological studies. The subgenera of Wiedemannia are invalid and rejected. Biogeographical data suggest potential hotspots, and the current distribution is discussed.

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Hemerodromiinae (Diptera: Empididae): a tentative phylogeny and biogeographical discussion

Abstract: A cladistic analysis of adult morphological characters was used to hypothesize phylogenetic and zoogeographical relationships in Hemerodromiinae (Diptera: Empididae)

Cited by 10 publications

References 43 publications

Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera)

Molecular phylogenetics reveals novel relationships within Empidoidea (Diptera)

Recent advances in New Caledonian biogeography

Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography provide insights into the subgeneric classification of Wiedemannia Zetterstedt (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)

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