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Phylogenetic and Divergence Time Estimation of Muscomorpha with Low-Coverage Whole-Genome Sequencing of Syrphidae (Diptera: Brachycera) [PDF]

open access: yesBiology
Muscomorpha is one of the most diverse groups in Brachycera, yet its higher-level phylogenetic relationships remain controversial, primarily concerning the monophyly and placement of Syrphoidea, the position of Platypezoidea, internal relationships in ...
Chunfeng Liao   +4 more
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Updated hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) checklist of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park (Italy) [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Data Journal
The present faunistic note is an updating of Syrphidae (Diptera) fauna of “Foreste Casentinesi National Park” (Emilia-Romagna and Toscana, Italy), a site of conservation interest included as a focus site within the “National Biodiversity Future Center ...
Giovanni Burgio   +3 more
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Development of ovaries, allometry of reproductive traits and fecundity of Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2000
Episyrphus balteatus only matures eggs after emergence. Ovaries develop in 4 stages. In the absence of oviposition sites, females refrain from ovipositing and their ovaries progressively fill the abdomen and then egg resorption occurs.
Etienne BRANQUART, Jean-Louis HEMPTINNE
exaly   +3 more sources

Sibling species delimitation and nomenclature of the Merodon avidus complex (Diptera: Syrphidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2015
A study of the relationships between 21 southern European, Moroccan and Turkish populations of the Merodon avidus species complex was carried out. Based on a parallel study of type material from several museums, documented diagnostic morphological ...
Mihajla Djan
exaly   +3 more sources

Endangered palsa mire hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in northern Sweden [PDF]

open access: yesMires and Peat, 2022
The hoverfly species Platycheirus torei Barkalov, 2013 is recorded from Europe for the first time. It was collected in a palsa mire in Seitajaure, northern Sweden, representing a westward extension of its potential range by 3,500 km.
Jeroen van Steenis
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Syrphidae) and phylogenetic analysis

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022
In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus, 1758) was sequenced using the-next generation sequencing technology. The assembled mitogenome of M.
Hanyue Liu   +4 more
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Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Lathyrophthalmus quinquestriatus (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera, Syrphidae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
In this study, we present the complete mitogenome of Lathyrophthalmu quinquestriatus (Fabricius, 1794), which has a total length of 16,198 base pairs and includes 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and one putative ...
Zhenjie Zhou   +5 more
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Recent fire in a Mediterranean ecosystem strengthens hoverfly populations and their interaction networks with plants

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
Fire affects many critical ecological processes, including pollination, and effects of climate change on fire regimes may have profound consequences that are difficult to predict.
Georgios Nakas   +5 more
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Fishing for flies: testing the efficacy of “stink stations” for promoting blow flies as pollinators in mango orchards

open access: yesJournal of Pollination Ecology, 2023
Pollinator communities are composed of diverse groups of insects, with radically different life histories and resource needs. Blow flies are known to visit a variety of economically important crop plants.
Jonathan Finch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

First occurrence of Conura sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in pupae of Allograpta obliqua Say (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Itumbiara, Goiás State, Brazil/
Primeira ocorrência do parasitóide Conura sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) em pupas de Allograpta obliqua Say (Diptera: Syrphidae) coletados em plantas de milho em Itumbiara, Goiás

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Agrárias, 2001
First occurrence of Conura sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) parasitizing pupae of Allograpta obliqua Say (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Itumbiara, Goiás. This work reports, for the first time, Conura sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) parasitizing pupae of Allograpta
Márcio Cleiber Rabelo Costa   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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