The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)

Nagatomi, Akira

doi:10.1080/00222938200770041

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“…Spaniinae is one of three subfamilies of Rhagionidae defined on the basis of female genital morphology [15, 18, 29, 30], and its monophyly is well-supported in a phylogenetic analysis based on morphological and molecular data [18]. Therefore, it is likely that the bryophyte-feeding had evolved within Spaniinae, although the phylogenetic relationships among spaniine genera are still unclear.…”

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Bryophyte-Feeders in a Basal Brachyceran Lineage (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Spaniinae): Adult Oviposition Behavior and Changes in the Larval Mouthpart Morphology Accompanied with the Diet Shifts

Imada

Katô

2016

PLoS ONE

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Dipteran larval morphology exhibits overwhelming variety, affected by their diverse feeding habits and habitat use. In particular, larval mouthpart morphology is associated with feeding behavior, providing key taxonomic traits. Despite most larval Brachycera being carnivorous, a basal brachyceran family, Rhagionidae, contains bryophyte-feeding taxa with multiple feeding habits. To elucidate the life history, biology, and morphological evolution of the bryophyte-feeding rhagionids, the larval feeding behavior and morphology, and the adult oviposition behavior of four species belonging to three genera of Spaniinae (Spania Meigen, Litoleptis Chillcott and Ptiolina Zetterstedt) are described. Moreover, changes of the larval morphology associated with the evolution of bryophyte-feeding are traced by molecular phylogenetic analyses. Spania and Litoleptis (thallus-miners of thallose liverworts) share a toothed form of apical mandibular sclerite with an orifice on its dorsal surface, which contrasts to those of the other members of Rhagionidae possessing a blade-like mandibular hook with an adoral groove; whereas, Ptiolina (stem borer of mosses) exhibits a weak groove on the adoral surface of mandible and highly sclerotized maxilla with toothed projections. Based on the larval feeding behavior of the thallus-miners, it is inferred that the toothed mandibles with the dorsal orifice facilitate scraping plant tissue and then imbibing it with a great deal of the sap. A phylogeny indicated that the bryophyte-feeding genera formed a clade with Spaniopsis and was sister to Symphoromyia, which presumably are detritivores. This study indicates that the loss or reduction of adoral mandibular groove and mandibular brush is coincident with the evolution of bryophyte-feeding, and it is subsequently followed by the occurrence of dorsal mandibular orifice and the loss of creeping welts accompanying the evolution of thallus-mining.

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Bryophyte-Feeders in a Basal Brachyceran Lineage (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Spaniinae): Adult Oviposition Behavior and Changes in the Larval Mouthpart Morphology Accompanied with the Diet Shifts

Imada

Katô

2016

PLoS ONE

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“…Seu monofiletismo ainda é incerto, uma vez que existem poucos caracteres morfológicos para suportar as relações entre os seus gêneros e muitas das sinapomorfias listadas possuem caráter dúbio. As primeiras hipóteses das relações de parentesco entre os ragionídeos foram feitas sem uma análise filogenética formal (Nagatomi, 1982;Stuckenberg, 2001). Kerr (2010) é a análise cladística mais extensa feita até o momento para a família, combinando dados morfológicos e moleculares.…”

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Morfologia comparada das terminálias masculina e feminina dos rhagionidae (Diptera, Tabanomorpha) neotropicais

Carmo

Santos

2011

Pap. Avulsos Zool.

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Apresentamos uma investigação comparativa da morfologia das terminálias masculina e feminina de gêneros da família Rhagionidae (Diptera, Brachycera, Tabanomorpha) com distribuição neotropical. Partindo do plano básico de Brachycera, hipóteses de homologias entre as peças reprodutivas foram analisadas em um contexto comparativo. Os resultados sugerem que as condições presentes em Rhagionidae são no geral muito modificadas quando comparadas com o ancestral comum mais recente de Brachycera. Este trabalho apresenta uma hipótese filogenética heurística cujos resultados podem servir como base para o entendimento da grande diversificação morfológica das terminálias masculina e feminina dos ragionídeos, apontando para a solução de algumas controvérsias a respeito da morfologia das estruturas reprodutivas do grupo.

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“…However, Krivosheina (1971) created the family Glutopidae to include Glutops. Subsequently, Kovalev (1981) synonymized Glutopidae with Rhagionidae, though Nagatomi (1982) recognized the Glutopinae, placing Pseudoernna Shiraki with Glutops, as a subfamily of Rhagionidae. According to Nagatomi (1982), Pelecorhynchidae remained a family represented by the single genus Pelecorhynchus.…”

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“…Subsequently, Kovalev (1981) synonymized Glutopidae with Rhagionidae, though Nagatomi (1982) recognized the Glutopinae, placing Pseudoernna Shiraki with Glutops, as a subfamily of Rhagionidae. According to Nagatomi (1982), Pelecorhynchidae remained a family represented by the single genus Pelecorhynchus. Woodley (1989) and Sinclair (1992) placed Pelecorhynchus, Pseudoerinna, and Glutops in the Pelecorhynchidae based on synapomorphic features of adults and larvae, and provided evidence that the Pelecorhynchidae is the sister group to Athericidae + Tabanidae.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

<strong>Revision of the New World species of the genus <em>Pelecorhynchus</em> Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae)</strong>

Llanos

González²,

Saldarriaga‐Córdoba

2015

Zootaxa

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The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)

Cited by 16 publications

References 12 publications

Bryophyte-Feeders in a Basal Brachyceran Lineage (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Spaniinae): Adult Oviposition Behavior and Changes in the Larval Mouthpart Morphology Accompanied with the Diet Shifts

Bryophyte-Feeders in a Basal Brachyceran Lineage (Diptera: Rhagionidae: Spaniinae): Adult Oviposition Behavior and Changes in the Larval Mouthpart Morphology Accompanied with the Diet Shifts

Morfologia comparada das terminálias masculina e feminina dos rhagionidae (Diptera, Tabanomorpha) neotropicais

<strong>Revision of the New World species of the genus <em>Pelecorhynchus</em> Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae)</strong>

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