Open AccessPhylogeny and taxonomic revision of all genera of C onopidae ( D iptera) based on morphological data
Author(s) -
Gibson Joel F.,
Skevington Jeffrey H.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
zoological journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1096-3642
pISSN - 0024-4082
DOI - 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00873.x
Subject(s) - subgenus , biology , cladistics , tribe , genus , zoology , phylogenetic tree , phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , anthropology , genetics , gene , sociology
All global genera of the fly family C onopidae are revised here. A cladistic analysis of 117 morphological characters recorded from 154 species, including representatives of 59 genera and subgenera, recovers a phylogenetic hypothesis for the family. This hypothesis is used as the basis of a new classification for the family. Both S icini and Z odionini are removed from M yopinae and elevated to subfamilial status. A new tribe, T hecophorini, is proposed within M yopinae to accommodate T hecophora , S catoccemyia , and P seudoconops . Two genera, P seudomyopa and P arazodion , are removed from D almanniinae and placed in M yopinae and Z odioninae, respectively. C onopinae is divided into 11 tribes, seven of which are newly described ( A siconopini, C aenoconopini, G yroconopini, M icroconopini, N eoconopini, and S iniconopini). Some examined species are transferred to different or new genera and subgenera. A new genus, S chedophysoconops gen. nov. , and subgenus A siconops ( Aegloconops ) subgen. nov. within C onopinae are described. A review of character evolution and phylogeography is included in light of the new classification. A catalogue of all genus‐group names is included with new emendations noted.