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 Marginidae, Mormotomyiidae... What are those?
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| pwalter |
Posted on 14-06-2009 23:39
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, I was searching in Catalogue of life, and found Marginidae with one genus, Margo, but I couldn't find any info of this. Also, there are other never-before-heard families of diptera, like Iteaphila-group, Mystacinobiidae... Are there any sources about this dipteran familes which are completely unfindable on the net? Also, I found this about the Mormotomyiidae, the fly family with the most restricted distribution. How could they look like? Could be really interesting, if they are relatives to hippoboscdae. Unfortunately the article does not cite references. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-06-2009 07:02
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19152 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Marginidae: small family of acalyptrate flies on the Southern hemisphere. Iteaphila group: part of the Empidoidea. Mystacinobiidae Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| xylo |
Posted on 15-06-2009 07:21
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in addition to Paul... might be of interest..... so long, xylo Marginidae McAlpine, D. K. (1991): Marginidae, a new Afrotropical family of Diptera (Schizophora: ?Opomyzoidea). - Annals of the Natal Museum 32:167-177. Mystacinobiidae Holloway, B.A. (1976): A new bat-fly family from New Zealand (Diptera: Mystacinobiidae). New Zealand journal of zoology 3:279–301. Gleeson D.M.; Howitt R.L.J. and Newcomb R.D. (2000): The phylogenetic position of the New Zealand batfly, Mystacinobia zelandica (Mystacinobiidae: Oestroidea) inferred from Mitochondrial 16S robosomal DNA sequence data. - Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 30:155–168. http://www.royals...000/9.aspx Dick, C. W. and Patterson, B. D. (2006): 11 Bat flies - obligate ectoparasites of bats. - Pp. 179-194 In: Morand, S.; Krasnov, B. R. and Poulin, R. (eds.): Micromammals and Macroparasites (From Evolutionary Ecology to Management). - Springer-Verlag, Tokyo. http://fm1.fieldm...asites.pdf Mormotomyiidae Austen, E. E. (1936): A remarkable semi-apterous fly (Diptera) found in a cave in east Africa, and representing a new family, genus, and species. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1936: 425-431. Iteaphila-group (Incertae sedis Empidoidea) Sinclair, B.J. and Cumming, J.M. (2006): The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera). - Zootaxa 1180: 1-172. http://www.mapres...80p140.pdf partA http://www.mapres...80p172.pdf partB |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 15-06-2009 08:20
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You for both of You! The wikiedia-article was really interesting, that these 'bat-flies' are beginning to form castes. (I also read about yet another bat-flies, Chyropteromyzidae, they are Heleomyzoidea, living in guao, alsofound from Hungary so far 2 times). The pdf articles are also nice and interesting, good to see such big cladograms of Empidoidea, since currently I'm learning for my exam about Evolution  |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-08-2009 21:20
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
WOW amazing: I found this searching for some interesting isects. You can watch a video of the New-Zealand batflies, Mystacinobiidae. Here's a vid. |
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