The Sarcophagidae of Barro Colorado Island, Panama (Diptera)1

Dodge, Harold R.

doi:10.1093/aesa/61.2.421

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“…These two genera had not previously been considered closely related. Dodge (1968) considered Dexosarcophaga more closely related to Oxysarcodexia . Lopes (1982b) included species of those two genera in two different tribes: Cuculomyiini and Raviniini, in which Oxyvinia was tentatively placed.…”

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Towards a phylogeny of the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications of the acrophallus in the subfamily Sarcophaginae

Giroux

Pape

Wheeler

2010

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The morphology of the acrophallus, the distal portion of the male phallus carrying the phallotreme, was studied in 72 exemplar species representing 56 genera and subgenera of the flesh fly subfamily Sarcophaginae. For 42 of those species, scanning electron microscopy was used to clarify the phallic morphology. Terms used to describe the male genitalia were updated based on new interpretations of homology. Male genitalic characters, combined with other morphological characters of adult males and females and of larvae, were used to construct a phylogeny. The monophyly of the subfamily was supported, and some generic-level sister-group relationships proposed in the literature, but without previous cladistic analyses, were also supported. The genus Blaesoxipha Loew, as currently recognized, was not monophyletic in our analysis. The genus Helicobia Coquillett is synonymized with Sarcophaga Meigen syn. nov. and treated as a subgenus of the latter. The Sarcophaga subgenera Neobellieria Blanchard and Mehria Enderlein were not monophyletic. Many of the clades in the analysis were supported primarily or exclusively by male genitalic character states, highlighting the importance of the male genitalia as a source of morphological characters for sarcophagine phylogeny.

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Towards a phylogeny of the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications of the acrophallus in the subfamily Sarcophaginae

Giroux

Pape

Wheeler

2010

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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“…Table 4). We found four new genera and 18 new species during our research on Barro Colorado Island, Panama (Dodge, 1968), and we assume that collections from other areas will increase the number of new species. Most of the observed flies were definitely attracted to the swarm raids, for they were concentrated over the ants in numbers never encountered in general sweeping.…”

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“…We were able to rear Notochaeta amphibiae and Notochaeta bufonivora from frogs which had been killed by E. burchellii. The high species diversity among the sarcophagids we found at Barro Colorado Island (Dodge, 1968) may suggest that some of these flesh flies have evolved to follow swarm raids to find the dead vertebrates the ants kill but do not eat. We assume that the sarcophagids larviposit on a variety of animals, including large arthropods the ants may not be able to carry off.…”

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The largest animal association centered on one species: the army ant Eciton burchellii and its more than 300 associates

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As possibly two of the last true naturalists, Carl Rettenmeyer and his wife Marian dedicated their lives to the study of army ants and their associates. Over the course of 55 years, the Rettenmeyers went on numerous field trips mainly to the Central American tropics and analyzed hundreds of self-collected samples and those sent by a multitude of other scientists, who were inspired by Carl's enthusiasm. It comes as no surprise that Carl Rettenmeyer became the world's leading expert on army ant associates. This paper, which the Rettenmeyers nearly completed before Carl's death in 2009, gives the first comprehensive list of animals known to be found in the company of a single army ant species: Eciton burchellii. The 557 recorded associates range from birds to insects and mites and comprise the largest described animal association centering around one particular species. Although some of these associates may be opportunistic encounters, we are confident that approximately 300 of the recorded species depend on the ants, at least in part, for their existence. The extinction of E. burchellii from any habitat over its vast area of distribution is likely to cause the extinction of numerous associated animals at that site. This overview will hopefully inspire researchers throughout the world to follow in the Rettenmeyers' footsteps and continue the investigation of army ants and their associates.

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“…Xarcophaga was proposed by Dodge (1968) as a monotypic genus, including only the nominal species X. xon, and it was distinguished from Oxysarcodexia by the elongated and slender phallus, with a characteristic apical enlargement. Lopes (1975) redescribed Oxysarcodexia pallisteri Dodge, 1966, transferred X. xon Dodge, 1968 to Oxysarcodexia, and considered both to be closely related to O. favorabilis (Lopes, 1935) andO.…”

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Two new Neotropical species of the genus Oxysarcodexia Townsend (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

Soares¹,

Mello-Patiu²

2010

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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The Sarcophagidae of Barro Colorado Island, Panama (Diptera)1

Cited by 29 publications

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Towards a phylogeny of the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications of the acrophallus in the subfamily Sarcophaginae

Towards a phylogeny of the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): morphology and phylogenetic implications of the acrophallus in the subfamily Sarcophaginae

The largest animal association centered on one species: the army ant Eciton burchellii and its more than 300 associates

Two new Neotropical species of the genus Oxysarcodexia Townsend (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

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