First insights into the evolution of neotropical anthomyiid flies (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Taxonomy of the Neotropical species of Calythea (Anthomyiidae: Diptera), with description of two new species from South America

“…They can be easily confused with small muscids and fanniids upon superficial inspection in having the lower calypter enlarged and a distally faint anal vein (Griffiths, 1986). The genus is very similar and closely-related to the more diverse genus Pegoplata Schnabl & Dziedzicki (Ackland, 1968;Griffiths, 1986;Michelsen, 1988;Gomes et al, 2021).…”

Checklist of the dipterofauna (Insecta) from Roraima, Brazil, with special reference to the Brazilian Ecological Station of Maracá

“…Most genera are scarce or absent in the warm lowlands forest of the Americas (Michelsen, 1996). Remarkably, the closely related genera Coenosopsia Malloch, 1924 andPhaonantho Albuquerque, 1957 have an exceptional distribution in tropical areas of Central and South America (Michelsen, 1996;Gomes et al, 2021). Most adults are anthophilous, whereas larvae are highly varied in their feeding habits, including some phytophagous species which are agricultural pests (Michelsen, 2010;Savage et al, 2016).…”

New records of the Neotropical genus Phaonantho Albuquerque (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

“…Limited studies have addressed the taxonomy of Phaonantho (Curran, 1934;Albuquerque, 1957;Couri, 1979;Pamplona & Couri, 1993). This genus has been indicated as the sister group of Coenosopsia Malloch based on morphological (Michelsen, 1991;Gomes & de Carvalho, 2023) and molecular evidence (Gomes et al, 2021). The origin of the clade Coenosopsia + Phaonantho dates back to the Oligocene/Miocene boundary (c. 23 Ma).…”

“…In contrast, the diversification of Phaonantho species occurred during the Pliocene (c. 3 Ma) (Gomes et al, 2021). Michelsen (1991) suggested that the clade Coenosopsia + Phaonantho is the sister group of the remaining Anthomyiidae; however, this hypothesis has been contested through phylogenetic analyses based on both morphological (Nihei & de Carvalho, 2004;Bortolanza et al, 2006;Gomes & de Carvalho, 2023) and molecular data (Gomes et al, 2021).…”