Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine's fly

Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan; Pape, Thomas; Wiegmann, Brian M.; Meier, Rudolf

doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00536.x

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“…Our combined data suggest a unique placement of Ephydroidea as a sister group to Calyptratae, albeit with low support. Relationships among families of Calyptratae are found to be similar to recently published results (20,21).…”

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Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

Wiegmann¹,

Trautwein²,

Winkler³

et al. 2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Flies are one of four superradiations of insects (along with beetles, wasps, and moths) that account for the majority of animal life on Earth. Diptera includes species known for their ubiquity (Musca domestica house fly), their role as pests (Anopheles gambiae malaria mosquito), and their value as model organisms across the biological sciences (Drosophila melanogaster). A resolved phylogeny for flies provides a framework for genomic, developmental, and evolutionary studies by facilitating comparisons across model organisms, yet recent research has suggested that fly relationships have been obscured by multiple episodes of rapid diversification. We provide a phylogenomic estimate of fly relationships based on molecules and morphology from 149 of 157 families, including 30 kb from 14 nuclear loci and complete mitochondrial genomes combined with 371 morphological characters. Multiple analyses show support for traditional groups (Brachycera, Cyclorrhapha, and Schizophora) and corroborate contentious findings, such as the anomalous Deuterophlebiidae as the sister group to all remaining Diptera. Our findings reveal that the closest relatives of the Drosophilidae are highly modified parasites (including the wingless Braulidae) of bees and other insects. Furthermore, we use micro-RNAs to resolve a node with implications for the evolution of embryonic development in Diptera. We demonstrate that flies experienced three episodes of rapid radiation-lower Diptera (220 Ma), lower Brachycera (180 Ma), and Schizophora (65 Ma)-and a number of life history transitions to hematophagy, phytophagy, and parasitism in the history of fly evolution over 260 million y.T he history of life is often portrayed as an ongoing series of evolutionary bursts, with each representing the origin and diversification of unique life forms with different and ecologically significant adaptations. Although the radiations of some groups, such as cichlid fishes of the lakes of East Africa or Darwin's finches, are well documented (1), the big radiations that account for most of the diversity of life on Earth have been more challenging to explore. To understand these radiations, we must resolve the relationships among major taxa, date the origin of these lineages (many of them ancient), and then explicitly consider whether the diversification events are really pulse-like adaptive radiations or, more simply, the result of nonadaptive, or even random, neutral processes.Although the paradigm of adaptive radiation has been applied to every level of biological classification, the large-scale macroevolutionary pattern expected from ancient repeated episodes of adaptive radiation is unclear. It has been predicted that at this scale, ecologically driven diversification may result in (i) significant variation in clade size, uncorrelated to the age of the clade (2), and (ii) shifts in average diversification rate coincident with major shifts in morphology, life history, or ecology (3). Another macroevolutionary prediction of repeated adaptive radiation is the widespre...

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Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

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Trautwein²,

Winkler³

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“…The most recent attempt (Kutty et al 2010) reinforces the results presented by rogneS (1997) that the family does not appear to form a monophyletic group.…”

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A List of Current Valid Blow Fly Names (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Americas South of Mexico with Key to the Brazilian Species

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Abstract. The calliphorids flies comprise a heterogenous family found in all zoogeographical regions, with over 1,000 species and 150 genera described. The blow flies have a great medical and veterinary importance, and can be use in forensic science, especially in order to estimate the postmortem interval. Despite its wide distribution and importance, the group presents many taxonomic problems, and many conflicting records regarding the number of species in the Neotropical Region. In this paper, we list all species of Calliphoridae found in the Americas south of Mexico, based on reports in the literature between the years 1960 and 2012. There are 29 genera and 99 species recognized distributed in seven subfamilies: Calliphorinae (three genera and eight species), Chrysomyinae (seven genera and 28 species), Luciliinae (one genus and 17 species), Mesembrinellinae (nine genera and 33 species), Polleniinae (one genus and one species), Rhiniinae (one genus and one species), and Toxotarsinae (seven genera and 11 species). An identification key for the species that occur in Brazil is presented.Keywords: Biodiversity; Bluebottles; Checklist; Neotropical Region; Taxonomy. Lista Atualizada de Nomes Válidos de Moscas-Varejeiras (Diptera: Calliphoridae) das Américas ao Sul do México, com uma Chave para as Espécies que Ocorrem no BrasilResumo. Os califorídeos constituem uma família heterogênea encontrada em todas as regiões zoogeográficas, com mais de 1.000 espécies e 150 gêneros. As moscas-varejeiras possuem grande importância médica e veterinária, e podem ainda ser utilizadas nas ciências forenses, principalmente para estimar o intervalo pós-morte. Apesar da sua vasta distribuição e importância, o grupo apresenta muitos problemas taxonômicos e diversos registros conflitantes no tocante ao número de espécies presentes na região Neotropical. Neste artigo nós listamos todas as espécies de Calliphoridae encontradas nas Américas ao sul do México, baseadas em registros na literatura entre os anos de 1960 e 2012. Existem 29 gêneros e 99 espécies reconhecidas e distribuídas em sete subfamílias: Calliphorinae (três gêneros e oito espécies), Chrysomyinae (sete gêneros e 28 espécies), Luciliinae (um gênero e 17 espécies), Mesembrinellinae (nove gêneros e 33 espécies), Polleniinae (um gênero e uma espécie), Rhiniinae (um gênero e uma espécie) e Toxotarsinae (sete gêneros e 11 espécies). Uma chave de identificação para as espécies que ocorrem no Brasil é apresentada.

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“…Pape (1996: 9) proposed a probable sister-group relationship between the Paramacronychiinae and Sarcophaginae, based on "the shared possession of a ventrally displaced acrophallus, lack of epiphallus and perhaps spherical female accessory glands", which was corroborated by Giroux et al (2010) in an explicit morphology-based phylogenetic analysis. This relationship was corroborated by Kutty et al (2010) using a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear genes, although with low support. However, based on a large-scale (in terms of taxa) molecular phylogeny , Piwczyński et al (2014) suggest a sister-group relationship of Sarcophaginae to (Paramacronychiinae + Miltogramminae), with Paramacronychiinae being paraphyletic, and Piwczyński et al's (2017) results are fully concordant with the above, with each subfamily being monophyletic.…”

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confidence: 70%