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Comparative Mitogenomic Analysis of Three Chionea Species (Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae): Insights into Phylogenetic Relationships and Selection Pressure [PDF]

Insects
Chionea is classified within the Tipuloidea superfamily and predominantly inhabits cold regions. However, its phylogenetic relationships remain contentious.
Yufeng Feng, Wei Cen, Kenneth B. Storey, Lingjuan Liu, Danna Yu, Jiayong Zhang   +5 more
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Metabarcoding Reveals the Dietary Patterns of Bats Within a Unique European Habitat, the Pasture-Dominated Landscapes of Ireland. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We investigated the diets of two common insectivorous bat species, Plecotus auritus and Pipistrellus pygmaeus, across the pastureland‐dominated landscape of Ireland. Using metabarcoding and next‐generation sequencing, we analysed 4627 faecal samples collected over three years from twelve maternity roosts during gestation, lactation, and post‐lactation ...
Hurpy G, Aughney T, Skujina I, Roche N, Teeling EC.   +4 more
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Dipteran (Bibionomorpha and Tipulomorpha) diversity in dead wood in Lithuania [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal, 2022
The aim of this study is to compile the species list of Bibionomorpha and Tipulomorpha flies associated with dead wood in Lithuania. Saproxylic nematocerans were studied from 2014 to 2020 in four protected areas and in five different tree species ...
Ina Gorban, Virginija Podeniene
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The Oldest Evolutionary Lineage of Trichoneura Loew, 1850 (Diptera, Limoniidae) and the First Evidence of This Genus in Cretaceous Spanish Amber [PDF]

Insects, 2021
A new subgenus Cretalinea subgen. nov. of Trichoneura (Diptera, Limoniidae) is established with one new species: Trichoneura (Cretalinea) xavieri subgen. et sp. nov.
Iwona Kania-Kłosok, Wiesław Krzemiński, Katarzyna Kopeć, Antonio Arillo   +3 more
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Cretaceous Antodicranomyia (Diptera: Limoniidae) and their paleohabitat [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
New representatives of the Cretaceous cranefly genus Antodicranomyia (Diptera: Limoniidae) are reported from Albian-Cenomanian Charentese (French) amber. The newly reported specimens allow for an emended diagnosis of the type species A. azari, as well as
Iwona Kania-Kłosok, Vincent Perrichot, Wiesław Krzemiński   +2 more
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Systematics of Amphineurus (Rhamphoneurus Alexander) (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Limoniidae) [PDF]

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2022
The subgenus Amphineurus (Ramphoneurus Alexander) (Diptera: Limoniidae), a group of craneflies endemic to southern South America, is revised. The previously described species are redescribed and illustrated, along with fifteen new species: A.
Daubian Santos, Rodrigo dos Reis Santos, Guilherme Cunha Ribeiro   +2 more
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Evolution of wing scales in Diptera documented by fossils [PDF]

Zoological Letters
Among the insects with wings clad in scales, the butterflies are the best known and those showing greatest variety of scale types. In the Diptera, some families or particular genera of two large groups are known to bear scales on wings, i.e., mosquitoes (
Ewa Krzemińska, Wiesław Krzemiński, Iwona Kania-Kłosok, Jadwiga Stanek-Tarkowska, Kornelia Skibińska, Daubian Santos   +5 more
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Exploring Potential Distribution and Environmental Preferences of Three Species of <i>Dicranomyia</i> (Diptera: Limoniidae: Limoniinae) Across the Western Palaearctic Realm Using Maxent. [PDF]

Insects
Ciliberti P, Starkevich P, Podenas S.
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Two new species of Tasiocera Skuse from Baltic amber (Diptera, Limoniidae). [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kania-Kłosok I, Wąsacz P, Tuchowski M, Krzemiński W.   +3 more
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Two new species of Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) Alexander, 1919 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from northern China. [PDF]

Zookeys
Shui L, Wang C, Zhang Y, Ma F, Wang P, Zhang B, Yang D.   +6 more
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