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Norman E. Woodley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A new species of Paraberismyia Woodley (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Beridinae) from Chiapas, Mexico.
2015Co-Authors: Norman E. WoodleyAbstract:A new species of Paraberismyia Woodley (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Beridinae), P. imitator, n. sp., is described from Chiapas, Mexico. The new species is compared to previously described species and diagnostic notes are presented for separation of Paraberismyia from Berismyia Giglio-Tos.
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0243. A new species of Culcua Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Vietnam
2012Co-Authors: Norman E. WoodleyAbstract:A new species of Culcua Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), C. lingafelteri Woodley, new species, is described from northern Vietnam. It is diagnosed relative to other species using the recent revision of the genus by Rozkosný and Kozanek (2007). This is the first species of Culcua reported from Vietnam.
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Brianmyia stuckenbergi, a new genus and species of Prosopochrysini from South Africa (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
African Invertebrates, 2012Co-Authors: Norman E. WoodleyAbstract:A new genus and species of Stratiomyidae, Brianmyia stuckenbergi gen. et sp. n., are described from the Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The new genus is placed in the tribe Prosopochrysini of the subfamily Stratiomyinae and is the first genus and species of this tribe known from southern Africa.
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Vitilevumyia , an enigmatic new genus of Stratiomyidae from Fiji (Diptera)
Zootaxa, 2011Co-Authors: Norman E. WoodleyAbstract:A new genus and species of Stratiomyidae (Diptera), Vitilevumyia bobwoodleyi gen. et sp. nov. is described from the island of Viti Levu, Fiji. It exhibits an unusual combination of character states, but is tentatively placed in the tribe Prosopochrysini of the subfamily Stratiomyinae.
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Parameristomerinx copelandi—a new genus and species of Afrotropical Pachygastrinae and a new generic synonym of Dolichodema Kertész (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
Zootaxa, 2010Co-Authors: Norman E. WoodleyAbstract:A new genus and species, Parameristomerinx copelandi gen. et sp. n. (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Pachygastrinae) is described from material from Kenya. This genus is similar to the Afrotropical genera Meristomerinx Enderlein, 1914 and Meristomeringina James, 1952. A new generic synonym is also proposed, Nemodema Lindner, 1958 = Dolichodema Kertesz, 1916, syn. n. A key is included for the six genera related to Meristomerinx.
Carol D. Von Dohlen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Morphological phylogeny of the variable fly family Stratiomyidae (Insecta, Diptera).
Zoologica Scripta, 2010Co-Authors: Colin A. Brammer, Carol D. Von DohlenAbstract:Brammer, C. A. & von Dohlen, C. D. (2010). Morphological phylogeny of the variable fly family Stratiomyidae (Insecta, Diptera). —Zoologica Scripta, 39, 363–377. Stratiomyidae is a dipteran family distributed worldwide and containing 2800 species classified into 12 subfamilies. Previous phylogenetic work on the Stratiomyidae consisted of a 20-character morphological analysis of the subfamilies [World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insect: Diptera). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers, 2001], and a molecular study using 69 taxa and two gene regions [Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43, 2007, 660]. In this study, we present an expanded morphological cladistic analysis using 92 characters and 80 taxa, representing 36 of 39 described genera and all 12 Stratiomyidae subfamilies, as well as Xylomyidae and Pantophthalmidae outgroups. Data are analysed under maximum parsimony with all characters unordered and weighted equally; nodal support is assessed with the bootstrap and Bremer index. The strict consensus of all shortest trees is well resolved, and many of the deeper nodes are supported, although the root is ambiguous. Antissinae, Stratiomyinae, Sarginae and the diverse Clitellariinae are not monophyletic. Clitellariinae are positioned across several lineages, with most species grouped into a single, unsupported clade. Many of the well-supported relationships are consistent with several aspects of the previous studies. The position of Exodontha remains elusive. Character support for subfamilies and other major clades is discussed.
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Evolutionary history of Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera): the molecular phylogeny of a diverse family of flies.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2006Co-Authors: Colin A. Brammer, Carol D. Von DohlenAbstract:Abstract Stratiomyidae is a cosmopolitan family of Brachycera (Diptera) that contains over 2800 species. This study focused on the relationships of members of the subfamily Clitellariinae, which has had a complicated taxonomic history. To investigate the monophyly of the Clitellariinae, the relationships of its genera, and the ages of Stratiomyidae lineages, representatives for all 12 subfamilies of Stratiomyidae, totaling 68 taxa, were included in a phylogenetic reconstruction. A Xylomyidae representative, Solva sp., was used as an outgroup. Sequences of EF-1α and 28S rRNA genes were analyzed under maximum parsimony with bootstrapping, and Bayesian methods to recover the best estimate of phylogeny. A chronogram with estimated dates for all nodes in the phylogeny was generated with the program, r8s, and divergence dates and confidence intervals were further explored with the program, multidivtime. All subfamilies of Stratiomyidae with more than one representative were found to be monophyletic, except for Stratiomyinae and Clitellariinae. Clitellariinae were distributed among five separate clades in the phylogeny, and Raphiocerinae were nested within Stratiomyinae. Dating analysis suggested an early Cretaceous origin for the common ancestor of extant Stratiomyidae, and a radiation of several major Stratiomyidae lineages in the Late Cretaceous.
Rudolf Rozkošný - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a revision of the genus rosapha walker diptera Stratiomyidae
Zootaxa, 2012Co-Authors: Damir Kovac, Rudolf RozkošnýAbstract:The species of Rosapha Walker, 1859 are revised and the monotypic genus Rosaphula Frey, 1934 is proposed as a newsynonym of Rosapha. Eleven species of Rosapha are distinguished and four of them, R. brevispinosa sp. nov. from Laosand Thailand, R. flavipes sp. nov. and R. stigmatica sp. nov. from Thailand, and R. flavistigmatica sp. nov. from India andMalaysia, are described as new. Rosapha bicolor Bigot, 1877 is proposed as a synonym of R. habilis Walker, 1859 on thebasis of type comparison. The males of R. handschini (Frey, 1934), R. obscurata de Meijere, 1916, and R. variegata deMeijere, 1919, are described for the first time. The distribution of ten species is probably confined to the Oriental Regionbut R. umbripennis Lindner, 1957, was described from New Guinea. Rosapha bimaculata Wulp in de Meijere, 1904, wasnewly recorded from India, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, R. flagellicornis Enderlein, 1914, from Malaysia, R. obscurata from the Philippines and Thailand, and R. variegata from Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. A key to the Rosapha species is presented.
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A new genus and three new species of Oriental Oxycerini (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Stratiomyinae) with notes on new generic synonyms in two other stratiomyine genera
Insect Systematics & Evolution, 2010Co-Authors: Rudolf Rozkošný, Norman E. WoodleyAbstract:Oxycerina gen.n. (Stratiomyidae: Stratiomyinae), including three new species, O . hauseri sp.n., O . merzi sp.n. and O . sabaha sp.n., is described from the Oriental Region and compared with related genera of Stratiomyinae and Raphiocerinae. The monotypic genus Scapanocnema Enderlein, 1914 is considered to be a synonym of Odontomyia Meigen, 1803; S . spathulipes Enderlein, 1914 and O . latitibia Rozkosný & Kovac, 1994 are considered to be new synonyms of O . luteiceps de Meijere, 1911. Cyrtopus Bigot, 1883, is also proposed as a synonym of Odontomyia , resulting in new or resurrected combinations for the species O . fastuosa (Bigot, 1883), O . magnifica Lachaise & Lindner, 1973, and O . smaragdifera (Lindner, 1938). Timorimyia Frey, 1934 is proposed as a new synonym of Acanthasargus White, 1914, resulting in A . bidentatus (Frey, 1934), comb.n. A key to the genera of the Oriental Stratiomyinae and Raphiocerinae is presented.
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a review of the soldier flies diptera Stratiomyidae of sardinia
Zootaxa, 2009Co-Authors: Franco Mason, Rudolf Rozkošný, Martin HauserAbstract:All published records on Stratiomyidae from Sardinia were critically evaluated and extensive, recently collected material (more than 500 specimens) was identified. The present review of the soldier flies from Sardinia includes 27 species. Nemotelus niloticus Olivier, 1811 is newly recorded from Europe and Italy, and Lasiopa pseudovillosa Rozkosný, 1983 and Zabrachia tenella (Jaennicke, 1866) are newly recorded from Sardinia. Nemotelus brachystomus Loew, 1846 and N. leucorhynchus Costa, 1884 are proposed as new synonyms of N. notatus Zetterstedt, 1842. Beris hyaliniventris Costa, 1857, the types of which could not be found, is removed from synonymy with Chorisops tibialis (Meigen, 1820) and declared as species incertae sedis. Brief comments are made on the zoogeography of Sardinian soldier flies.
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global diversity of dipteran families insecta diptera in freshwater excluding simulidae culicidae chironomidae tipulidae and tabanidae
Hydrobiologia, 2008Co-Authors: Rudiger Wagner, Miroslav Bartak, Art Borkent, Gregory W Courtney, Boudewijn Goddeeris, Jeanpaul Haenni, Lloyd Knutson, Adrian C Pont, Graham E Rotheray, Rudolf RozkošnýAbstract:Today’s knowledge of worldwide species diversity of 19 families of aquatic Diptera in Continental Waters is presented. Nevertheless, we have to face for certain in most groups a restricted knowledge about distribution, ecology and systematic, particularly in the tropical environments. At the same time we realize a dramatically decline or even lack of specialists being able, having the time or the opportunity to extend or even secure the present information. The respective families with approximate numbers of aquatic species are: Blephariceridae (308), Deuterophlebiidae (14), Nyphomyiidae (7), Psychodidae (∼2.000), Scatopsidae (∼5), Tanyderidae (41), Ptychopteridae (69), Dixidae (173), Corethrellidae (97), Chaoboridae (∼50), Thaumaleidae (∼170), Ceratopogonidae (∼6.000), Stratiomyidae (∼43), Empididae (∼660), Lonchopteridae (2), Syrphidae (∼1.080), Sciomyzidae (∼190), Ephydridae (∼1.500), Muscidae (∼870). Numbers of aquatic species will surely increase with increased ecological and taxonomical efforts.
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Phylogenetic relationships within family Stratiomyidae(Diptera) based on both morphological data and 16S rDNAsequences
2005Co-Authors: Andrea Tóthová, Rudolf Rozkošný, Josef Bryja, Jaromír Vaňhara, Jana HorsákováAbstract:The family Stratiomyidae encompasses very diversified species of Diptera, ranging from 2.0 to 25.0 mm in length. The recent classification was remarkably influenced by a study on larvae published by McFadden (1967) who suggested some important changes in the traditional inner hierarchy of Stratiomyidae. Relationships of the European genera and higher taxa were discussed by Rozkosný (1983). As far as we are informed, no attempt to use the molecular genetic data for phylogenetic analysis of the family has been published. Recently the relationships of Parhadrestiinae (Woodley 1986), Beridinae (Woodley 1995) and, at last, of all subfamilies and tribes in the world extent (Woodley 2001) were discussed on the basis of morphological data. Aim of this study was to identify phylogenetic relationships of Palaearctic and Oriental genera belonging to Beridinae, Pachygastrinae, Sarginae, Hermetiinae, Stratiomyinae (Oxycerini, Stratiomyiini) and Nemotelinae subfamilies. The analysis is based on both 16S rDNA sequences and morphological data of 22 species. DNA was extracted from abdomen and thoracic musculatures by phenol/chlorophorm extraction and the QiaQuick PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen). Primers mt32 and mt34 (Nirmala et al. 2001) were used to amplify approximately 400 bp fragment of 16S rRNA gene. PCR products were purified using QiaQuick PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen) and used for direct sequencing on ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyser. Sequences of both strands were manually processed using Sequencher v. 4.5 (GeneCodes) and phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary analyses were conducted using MEGA version 3.0 (Kumar, Tamura, Nei 2004). Phylogenetic relationships were reconstructed using maximum parsimony (MP), neighbour-joining (NJ) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods with Jukes-Cantor pairwise distances. All three phylogenetic methods of sequence analysis gave a similar results and provided a satisfactory support to morphological data at specific and generic levels. All the examined taxa are grouped in the way fully corresponding to the recent concept of genera forming the distinct phyletic lineages which are identical with subfamilies Sarginae, Hermetiinae, Beridinae, Nemotelinae and Pachygastrinae. Only members of the heterogenous subfamily Stratiomyinae are divided into two different phyletic lineages with one of them containing monophyletic group of species from the the tribe Oxycerini, while the tribe Stratiomyini seems polyphyletic. Information achieved for higher taxa is much more problematic. Compared with the cladistic argumentation by Woodley (2001), especially the sister groups are not defined unambiguously and the subfamily Stratiomyinae splits into more phyletic lineages. Though the mutal relationships among the subfamilies proposed by Woodley are by far not definitive, it appears to be sufficiently clear that phylogenetic methods based on DNA sequence data should be applied to the assemblage of the species extented also to other zoogeographical regions. 16S rDNA sequences showed pronounced differences even between closely related species. Oxycera marginata and O. pardalina from Europe (3.3%) and Culcua nigra and a new species Culcua sp.n. from the Oriental Region (7.8%). It suggest that this marker could be very usefull also in intra-generic revisions of Diptera. We acknowledge financial support from the Research Project MSM No. 0021622416 of Masaryk University, Brno and the PhD Research Fellowship (GACR 524/05/H536).
Colin A. Brammer - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Morphological phylogeny of the variable fly family Stratiomyidae (Insecta, Diptera).
Zoologica Scripta, 2010Co-Authors: Colin A. Brammer, Carol D. Von DohlenAbstract:Brammer, C. A. & von Dohlen, C. D. (2010). Morphological phylogeny of the variable fly family Stratiomyidae (Insecta, Diptera). —Zoologica Scripta, 39, 363–377. Stratiomyidae is a dipteran family distributed worldwide and containing 2800 species classified into 12 subfamilies. Previous phylogenetic work on the Stratiomyidae consisted of a 20-character morphological analysis of the subfamilies [World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insect: Diptera). Leiden: Backhuys Publishers, 2001], and a molecular study using 69 taxa and two gene regions [Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43, 2007, 660]. In this study, we present an expanded morphological cladistic analysis using 92 characters and 80 taxa, representing 36 of 39 described genera and all 12 Stratiomyidae subfamilies, as well as Xylomyidae and Pantophthalmidae outgroups. Data are analysed under maximum parsimony with all characters unordered and weighted equally; nodal support is assessed with the bootstrap and Bremer index. The strict consensus of all shortest trees is well resolved, and many of the deeper nodes are supported, although the root is ambiguous. Antissinae, Stratiomyinae, Sarginae and the diverse Clitellariinae are not monophyletic. Clitellariinae are positioned across several lineages, with most species grouped into a single, unsupported clade. Many of the well-supported relationships are consistent with several aspects of the previous studies. The position of Exodontha remains elusive. Character support for subfamilies and other major clades is discussed.
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Evolutionary history of Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera): the molecular phylogeny of a diverse family of flies.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2006Co-Authors: Colin A. Brammer, Carol D. Von DohlenAbstract:Abstract Stratiomyidae is a cosmopolitan family of Brachycera (Diptera) that contains over 2800 species. This study focused on the relationships of members of the subfamily Clitellariinae, which has had a complicated taxonomic history. To investigate the monophyly of the Clitellariinae, the relationships of its genera, and the ages of Stratiomyidae lineages, representatives for all 12 subfamilies of Stratiomyidae, totaling 68 taxa, were included in a phylogenetic reconstruction. A Xylomyidae representative, Solva sp., was used as an outgroup. Sequences of EF-1α and 28S rRNA genes were analyzed under maximum parsimony with bootstrapping, and Bayesian methods to recover the best estimate of phylogeny. A chronogram with estimated dates for all nodes in the phylogeny was generated with the program, r8s, and divergence dates and confidence intervals were further explored with the program, multidivtime. All subfamilies of Stratiomyidae with more than one representative were found to be monophyletic, except for Stratiomyinae and Clitellariinae. Clitellariinae were distributed among five separate clades in the phylogeny, and Raphiocerinae were nested within Stratiomyinae. Dating analysis suggested an early Cretaceous origin for the common ancestor of extant Stratiomyidae, and a radiation of several major Stratiomyidae lineages in the Late Cretaceous.
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Quichuamyia , a new Neotropical genus of Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera)
Zootaxa, 2005Co-Authors: Colin A. BrammerAbstract:A new Neotropical genus of Stratiomyidae, Quichuamyia gen. nov., is described and illustrated, including the two new species, Quichuamyia aplanatantennae sp. nov. and Quichuamyia costaricensis sp. nov.
Bulganin Mitra - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Taxonomy of Soldier Flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, India
Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 2018Co-Authors: Susanta Kumar Chakraborty, Panchanan Parui, Bulganin MitraAbstract:The present communication deals with recording of nine species of soldier flies (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Sunderban Biosphere Reserve of India, of which, Tinda indica (Walker, 1851), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), Odontomyia kashmirensis Brunetti, 1920, Odontomyia viridana (Wiedemann, 1824), Prosopochrysa vitripennis (Doleschall, 1856) are being reported for the first time from this unique and globally acclaimed mangrove ecosystem. Odontomyia kashmirensis Brunetti, 1920 is reported for the first time from the state of West Bengal. A key to identify these species is provided with taxonomic notes.
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A Synoptic Retrospect on the Diptera Fauna of Sunderban Biosphere Reserve, India
2013Co-Authors: Bulganin MitraAbstract:This paper deals with Diptera fauna of Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve, India. Altogether 125 species of Diptera under 21 families namely Limoniidae (4), Psychodidae (5), Ceicidomyidae (1), Culicidae (24), Ceratopogonidae (9), Chironomidae (1), Tabanidae (4), Stratiomyidae (4), Asilidae (2), Syrphidae (8), Sepsidae (1), Dolicopodidae (1), Phoridae (1), Ephydridae (1), Tephritidae (1), Pipunculidae (1), Empididae (1), Muscidae (22), Calliphoridae (13), Rhiniidae (2), Sarcophagidae (19) have been reported from the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve.
