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Issue: Vol. 5004 No. 2: 20 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5004.2.6
Page range: 370-384
Abstract views: 476
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Systematic relationships of the Taeniapterini (Diptera: Micropezidae, Taeniapterinae)

School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0C6; Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1S 5B6.
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 2W1.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1A 0C6
DNA Neotropical Nerioidea stilt-legged flies Diptera

Abstract

A molecular phylogeny for the Taeniapterinae is presented based on mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, COI), ribosomal (16S rRNA and 28S rRNA) and nuclear (EF-1α and CAD) genes of 48 specimens including 40 species. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference were used to analyze the total concatenated dataset of 8769 bp. The results confirm that tribal classifications in Taeniapterinae are artificial and support the separation of Paragrallomyia Hendel and Taeniaptera sensu Ferro & Marshall (2020).

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