Revision and cladistic analysis of Neotropical genus Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Riccardi, Paula Raile; Amorim, Dalton de Souza

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“…The results from this new analysis are entirely congruent with the relationships found by Riccardi & Amorim (2012). The polytomy including P. brunneus, P. nigrifemur and a clade with P. paganelliae, P. elongatus and P. flavisoma were resolved, although the new species described in this paper resulted in a new polytomy being added to the topology.…”

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“…The material presented in this study was kindly loaned by the curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (USNM). Most characters were described in Riccardi & Amorim (2012), as well as the remaining species of the genus. The morphological nomenclature follows Cumming & Wood (2009), except for the mesolobus (fused male cerci) (Andersson 1977).…”

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“…Six new characters and P. niger sp. nov. were added and the missing data for P. clavitibia in the matrix of Riccardi & Amorim (2012) were included ( Table I). The cladistic analysis was carried out in the software NONA (Goloboff 1993) using the interface provided by the software Winclada (Nixon 2004).…”

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“…Material examined. One specimen, M, Bolivia, La Paz, Puente Villa (2 km E); 16°24'S 67°38 'W; 1960m, 11.iii.2001 Riccardi & Amorim (2012), with a phylogenetic study for the genus. Nineteen morphological characters are used in the present analysis, with six new characters added here (indicated by an asterisk).…”

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“…Nineteen morphological characters are used in the present analysis, with six new characters added here (indicated by an asterisk). All 13 characters previously used by Riccardi & Amorim (2012) were included, but with minor modifications: a new state was added to characters 4 and 5, and one state was removed from character 16.…”

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The type-species of Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera, Chloropidae) and its position in the phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species

Riccardi¹,

Amorim²

2014

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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The genus Psilochlorops Duda belongs to the subfamily Chloropinae. In the phylogeny proposed for the subfamily by Paganelli (2002), including only the Neotropical representatives, its sister-group is Bricelochlorops Paganelli. Both genera have a strict Neotropical occurrence and are the only representatives of the Psilochlorops-group sensu Paganelli. Psilochlorops includes six species described from South America (Riccardi & Amorim 2012). In a previous cladistic study of the genus (Riccardi & Amorim 2012), the type-species, Psilochlorops clavitibia Duda, was available, but could not be included in the final tree due to lack of information about the male genitalia. More recently, a new species of Psilochlorops was discovered, P. niger sp. nov. from Peru and Bolivia, herein described; as well material of P. clavitibia was made available. The male terminalia of P. clavitibia are described and illustrated, and a new cladistic analysis is made including all seven known species of the genus. Despite the statement in the original description of P. clavitibia that the holotype is a male, actually it is a female. Here we record for the first time a male of this species.

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Section: Psilochlorops Clavitibia Duda 1931supporting

confidence: 80%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Psilochlorops Clavitibia Duda 1931mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Psilochlorops Clavitibia Duda 1931mentioning

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The type-species of Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera, Chloropidae) and its position in the phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species

Riccardi¹,

Amorim²

2014

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Chloropinae of the world (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Riccardi

Amorim

2020

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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The Chloropidae is a species-rich family of flies with about 3000 species in four subfamilies. The Chloropinae is the second most species-rich subfamily with almost 1000 described species in 75 accepted genera. There is agreement about the monophyly of the subfamily; however, the relationships among the genera are still poorly understood and some genera are clearly paraphyletic. Thus, the interpretation of the evolution of morphological traits, such as male terminalia sclerites, remains challenging. This is the first phylogenetic study of the Chloropinae using a formal analytical approach, including representatives of 73 genera of the subfamily and 124 morphological characters. The monophyly of the Chloropinae is corroborated. Chloropella is sister to the remainder of the subfamily. Slightly different analytical procedures show stable clades and rogue taxa. We propose a system for the subfamily with ten tribes, three of which are newly proposed here—Chloropellini trib. nov., Chloropini, Chloropsinini trib. nov., Diplotoxini, Eurinini stat. nov., Lasiosinini, Mepachymerini, Meromyzini, Mindini and Pseudothaumatomyini. Eight genera are kept incertae sedis and two new genera are erected. There is compelling evidence that Chlorops and Ectecephalina are paraphyletic.

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Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species

Riccardi

2016

Zootaxa

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Bricelochlorops is a peculiar genus of Chloropinae because its species possess a swollen pedicel and an enlarged clypeus separated into two parts. According to previous phylogenetic studies, Bricelochlorops is known as the sister group of Psilochlorops and their relationships with the remaining chloropine genera are unclear (Paganelli, 2002; Riccardi & Amorim, 2012). There are two described species of Bricelochlorops, B. peregrinus Paganelli 2002 and B. celutae Carvalho-Filho & Esposito 2010. Both species are from Brazil and they are known only from the holotypes. Here, a further species from Peru is described, expanding the distribution of Bricelochlorops.

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Revision and cladistic analysis of Neotropical genus Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)

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The type-species of Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera, Chloropidae) and its position in the phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species

The type-species of Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera, Chloropidae) and its position in the phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species

Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Chloropinae of the world (Diptera: Chloropidae)

Notes on Bricelochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species

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