Large Flies Overlooked: the Genus Hermetia Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in the Neotropics, with 11 Synonyms and a New Species to Brazil

Fachin, Diego Aguilar; Hauser, Martin

doi:10.1007/s13744-022-00978-3

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“…material 1 ) from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility website ( https://www.gbif.org/ ) and the iNaturalist platform ( https://www.inaturalist.org ). The selection of data consisted in manual curating identified records and corroborating them through the minimum visual verification of the following morphological diagnostic characters for this species: eyes bare; frons almost entirely dark brown to black; antennae twice as long as the head; scutellum without spines; darkened; upper fronts with a yellow spot on either side above the middle and another at the vertex; smoky wings; first two hind tarsomeres white or yellow; tibiae in large part black or brownish; abdomen broad, not constricted, with five visible segments; second abdominal segment with a transparent, stained glass area divided centrally by a narrow longitudinal black portion; head, thorax and abdomen blackish ( Curran 1941 , Navarro and Peris 1991 , Lessard et al 2019 , Fachin and Hauser 2022 ).…”

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“… Hermetia illucens , very likely native to the tropics and subtropics of the Neotropical Region ( Kaya et al 2021 ), is a member of the subfamily Hermetiinae ( Diptera : Stratiomyidae ). With 42 species in the Neotropical Region, 21 in the Oriental, 11 in Nearctic and 10 in the Australian, the genus Hermetia Latreille has the most significant number of species amongst the genera of the subfamily ( Lessard et al 2019 ) and the most extensive global distribution within the subfamily Hermetiinae ( Woodley 2001 , Hauser et al 2017 , Fachin and Carvalho-Filho 2020 , Ivorra et al 2020 , Fachin and Hauser 2022 ). Specifically, Hermetia illucens is the species with thewidest distribution within this fly family ( Woodley 2001 , Roháček and Hora 2013 , Marshall et al 2015 , Lessard et al 2019 ).…”

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How could climate change influence the distribution of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)?

Pazmiño-Palomino¹,

Reyes-Puig²,

Hierro³

2022

BDJ

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The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), is a saprophagous species used to decompose organic matter. This study proposes a distribution model of H. illucens to illustrate its current and future distribution. The methodology includes data collection from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), complemented with iNaturalist, manual expert curation of occurrence records, six species distribution models algorithms and one ensemble model. The average temperature of the driest annual quarter and the precipitation of the coldest annual quarter were the key variables influencing the potential distribution of H. illucens. The distribution range is estimated to decrease progressively and their suitable habitats could change dramatically in the future due to global warming. On the other hand, current optimal habitats would become uninhabitable for the species, mainly at low latitudes. Under this scenario, the species is projected to move to higher latitudes and elevations in the future. The results of this study provide data on the distribution of H. illucens, facilitating its location, management and sustainable use in current and future scenarios.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How could climate change influence the distribution of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)?

Pazmiño-Palomino¹,

Reyes-Puig²,

Hierro³

2022

BDJ

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“…These inferences corroborate the presence of cryptic diversity within H. illucens and poses major implications on harnessing its breeding potential in an agricultural context. Hermetia are distributed throughout the globe, yet ~65% of species are found in the Neotropics (Fachin and Hauser 2022). However, only H. illucens is commonly studied.…”

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Cryptic diversity and signatures of domestication in the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)

Generalovic,

Sandrock,

Roberts

et al. 2023

Preprint

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The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) is the prime species in the developing global industry of insects as food and feed, but the genetic basis of its domestication has not been studied. We obtained whole genome sequences for 54 individuals from both wild and captive populations. We identified two genetic lineages at least 3 million years divergent, revealing cryptic diversity within the species complex. Our study indicates that the most common populations used for commercial and academic applications are primarily derived from just one of these divergent lineages, originating from a wild North American progenitor. Despite insect farming practices only reaching mass production scale over the past two decades, we find that captive populations show strong genome-wide signatures of domestication. Selective sweeps are found in multiple independently domesticated populations but are not seen in wild populations and suggest five major domestication loci located on chromosomes two, four and five. These regions contain development, behaviour, reproduction, metabolism and immunity genes. Populations experiencing independent domestication events, in the early stages of domestication, also show evidence of convergent genome evolution with repeated signatures of domestication in these same regions. Some limited evidence of gene flow between divergent lineages was observed, as well as evidence of hybridisation from domesticated populations into the wild. Our study reveals the genetic basis of ongoing domestication and provides a genomic platform for breeding and genetic surveillance in this novel agricultural species.

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Cyphomyia mexicana sp. nov., a new species of soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Mexican amber

Poinar

Fachin

2023

Historical Biology

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Large Flies Overlooked: the Genus Hermetia Latreille, 1804 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in the Neotropics, with 11 Synonyms and a New Species to Brazil

Cited by 6 publications

References 17 publications

How could climate change influence the distribution of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)?

How could climate change influence the distribution of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)?

Cryptic diversity and signatures of domestication in the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)

Cyphomyia mexicana sp. nov., a new species of soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Mexican amber

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