Maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree showing relationships between the species of the “variegata” cluster and other species of Meromyza flies, based on CO1 mtDNA locus. The bootstrap values are given at the nodes. Vertical line – cluster “variegata”. M. laeta Fedoseeva, 1960 = M. meigeni sensu Nartshuk, 2006. The scale bar shows the genetic distances between the haplotypes. The outgroup was Campiglossa pygmaea Novak, 1974 (Diptera, Tephritidae) (GenBank: HM062547.1).

 
 
  Part of: Safonkin AF, Yatsuk AA, Triseleva TA (2020) Variability of the key features and revision of a group of closely related species of grassflies (Diptera, Chloropidae, Meromyza). ZooKeys 942: 65-75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.942.49644