Latest Articles from ZooKeys Latest 16 Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:53:06 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://zookeys.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from ZooKeys https://zookeys.pensoft.net/ Description of the female of Atherimorpha latipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/107357/ ZooKeys 1178: 265-277

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1178.107357

Authors: John M. Midgley, Burgert S. Muller

Abstract: The genus Atherimorpha White, 1915 is a Gondwanan relic, occurring in South America, Southern Africa and Australia. Females are rarely collected, and are not described for more than half of the known species. The female of Atherimorpha latipennis Stuckenberg, 1956 was collected for the first time in 2021 and is described here, along with a redescription of the male. We describe the differences from the male, with the reduced wings and poorly defined scutellum the most noteworthy. The female of A. latipennis represents the first recorded case of brachyptery in the family Rhagionidae. Possible drivers of brachyptery in Afrotropical Diptera are briefly discussed.

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Research Article Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:49:08 +0300
DNA barcoding of the horsefly fauna (Diptera, Tabanidae) of Croatia with notes on the morphology and taxonomy of selected species from Chrysopsinae and Tabaninae https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/78707/ ZooKeys 1087: 141-161

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1087.78707

Authors: Stjepan Krčmar, Mladen Kučinić, Marco Pezzi, Branka Bruvo Mađarić

Abstract: In the Croatian fauna, horseflies (Tabanidae) are represented by 78 species belonging to two subfamilies, five tribes, and 10 genera. Identification of these species is based on morphological characteristics. In this study, 43 species of horseflies were analyzed. The highest number of species (19) belongs to the genus Tabanus, followed by the genera Hybomitra with seven species, Haematopota with six species, Chrysops with four species, Atylotus and Philipomyia with two species each, and the genera Silvius, Dasyrhamphis, and Heptatoma with one species each. The standard DNA barcoding region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase gene, subunit I (COI), was sequenced and compared to the Barcode of Life Database (BOLD). Our analyses confirmed our morphological identifications and added 16 new Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) for Tabanidae to BOLD. Potential problems in the systematics and taxonomy of this family are highlighted.

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Research Article Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:19:07 +0200
First records of two genera and thirteen species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from Honduras https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/77038/ ZooKeys 1084: 27-42

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1084.77038

Authors: Katerin Veroy, Jesus Orozco, Augusto L. Henriques

Abstract: This works presents information on the diversity of the Tabanidae of Honduras as a product of the examination of 386 specimens and a literature review. Thirteen species and two genera (Bolbodimyia and Dasychela) are recorded from the country for the first time. Eighty-five species distributed in 22 genera, five tribes, and three subfamilies are now known from Honduras. A key to the subfamilies, tribes, and genera of the known Honduran species is also included. All new records are mapped and illustrated to aid in the identification of the species.

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Research Article Wed, 26 Jan 2022 18:04:56 +0200
A review of tangle-veined flies (Nemestrinidae, Diptera) in Egypt https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/70743/ ZooKeys 1071: 11-42

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1071.70743

Authors: Arafa Elsayed El-Hashash, Haitham Badrawy Mousa Badrawy, Ayman Mohyie-Eldin Ibrahim

Abstract: The Egyptian fauna of the genus Nemestrinus Latreille, 1802 is revised. In 1967, Steyskal and El-Bialy listed 12 species from the region, but only six species are now recognized. The primary type specimens of the species N. aegyptiacus (Wiedemann, 1828), N. rufipes (Olivier, 1810), and N. lateralis Wiedemann, 1828 (N. lateralis being a synonym of N. rufipes) deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany were examined. Two species (N. abdominalis Olivier, 1811 and N. fascifrons (Bigot, 1888) are placed as new synonyms of N. ater (Olivier, 1811), and N. ruficornis Macquart, 1840 is synonymized with N. rufipes (Olivier, 1811). Nemestrinus jullieni (Efflatoun, 1925) is confirmed as a synonym of N. aegyptiacus. Furthermore, three species (N. caucasicus Fischer, 1806, N. pallipes (Olivier, 1811), and N. persicus Lichtwardt, 1909) have been removed and are doubtful records from Egypt. A key to the species, lists of specimens examined, and Illustrations and distributions for each species are provided. The status of species of doubtful occurrence in Egypt is discussed.

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Research Article Tue, 16 Nov 2021 08:14:56 +0200
Morphological re-description and molecular identification of Tabanidae (Diptera) in East Africa https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/21144/ ZooKeys 769: 117-144

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.769.21144

Authors: Claire M. Mugasa, Jandouwe Villinger, Joseph Gitau, Nelly Ndungu, Marc Ciosi, Daniel Masiga

Abstract: Biting flies of the family Tabanidae are important vectors of human and animal diseases across continents. However, records of Africa tabanids are fragmentary and mostly cursory. To improve identification, documentation and description of Tabanidae in East Africa, a baseline survey for the identification and description of Tabanidae in three eastern African countries was conducted. Tabanids from various locations in Uganda (Wakiso District), Tanzania (Tarangire National Park) and Kenya (Shimba Hills National Reserve, Muhaka, Nguruman) were collected. In Uganda, octenol baited F-traps were used to target tabanids, while NG2G traps baited with cow urine and acetone were employed in Kenya and Tanzania. The tabanids were identified using morphological and molecular methods. Morphologically, five genera (Ancala, Tabanus, Atylotus, Chrysops and Haematopota) and fourteen species of the Tabanidae were identified. Among the 14 species identified, six belonged to the genus Tabanus of which two (T. donaldsoni and T. guineensis) had not been described before in East Africa. The greatest diversity of tabanid species were collected from the Shimba Hills National Reserve, while collections from Uganda (around the shores of Lake Victoria) had the fewest number of species. However, the Ancala genus was found in Uganda, but not in Kenya or Tanzania. Maximum likelihood phylogenies of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) genes sequenced in this study show definite concordance with morphological species identifications, except for Atylotus. This survey will be critical to building a complete checklist of Tabanidae prevalent in the region, expanding knowledge of these important vectors of human and animal diseases.

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Research Article Tue, 26 Jun 2018 21:21:02 +0300
The Tabanidae of the Mitaraka expedition, with an updated check list of French Guiana (Diptera) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/13197/ ZooKeys 684: 85-118

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.684.13197

Authors: Tiago Kütter Krolow, Augusto Loureiro Henriques, Marc Pollet

Abstract: This paper documents the horse fly fauna collected in lowland rainforest in the southwesternmost part of French Guiana (Mitaraka). During this “Our Planet Revisited” survey nine tabanid species were recorded from French Guiana for the first time: Chrysops ecuadorensis Lutz, C. incisus Macquart, Catachlorops amazonicus Henriques & Gorayeb, Chlorotabanus flagellatus Krolow & Henriques, Cryptoylus cauri Stone, Phaeotabanus phaeopterus Fairchild, Philipotabanus stigmaticalis (Kröber), Stypommisa captiroptera (Kröber) and Tabanus amapaensis Fairchild. An updated check list of Tabanidae of French Guiana is presented, including 79 species and one unidentified Chrysops.

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Checklist Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:08:32 +0300
Jewelled spider flies of North America: a revision and phylogeny of Eulonchus Gerstaecker (Diptera, Acroceridae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/8249/ ZooKeys 619: 103-146

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.619.8249

Authors: Christopher J. Borkent, Jéssica P. Gillung, Shaun L. Winterton

Abstract: The spider fly genus Eulonchus Gerstaecker is found throughout the Nearctic Region. Six species are recognized and intraspecific morphological variation is documented in several species. A phylogeny of Eulonchus based on DNA sequence data of three molecular markers (COI, CAD, and 16S) is presented and relationships of species are discussed in the light of biogeography and host usage. All six species of Eulonchus are redescribed using natural language descriptions exported from a character matrix, and a key to species is presented. Lectotypes are designated for E. sapphirinus Osten Sacken, E. smaragdinus Gerstaecker, and E. tristis Loew.

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Research Article Tue, 27 Sep 2016 23:10:56 +0300
Checklist of the ‘lower Brachycera’ of Finland: Tabanomorpha, Asilomorpha and associated families (Diptera) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/4047/ ZooKeys 441: 165-181

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.441.7198

Authors: Jere Kahanpää, Kaj Winqvist, Theo Zeegers

Abstract: A checklist of the ‘lower Brachycera’ of Finland is presented. This part of the complete checklist of Finnish Diptera covers the families Acroceridae, Asilidae, Athericidae, Bombyliidae, Mythicomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Scenopinidae, Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, Therevidae, Xylomyidae and Xylophagidae.

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Checklist Fri, 19 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0300
Tabanidae (Diptera) of Amazônia XXI. Descriptions of Elephantotus gen. n. and E. tracuateuensis sp. n. (Diachlorini) from the Brazilian coast https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3676/ ZooKeys 395: 1-9

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.395.7056

Authors: Inocencio Gorayeb

Abstract: Elephantotus, a new genus of Tabanidae from the Amazon coast, Brazil, is described based on a new species E. tracuateuensis. Five females were collected in Pará State, and a male in Maranhão State. Arguments are presented for separating the new genus from Dasybasis, as well as the possibility of its occurrence being related to the nesting sites of coastal birds. The new species is characterized by its large size (x = 2.15 cm, n = 5 females), glabrous eyes, reddish-brown tegument, light brown frontal callus not touching the edges of the eyes, extending up to the vertex that has traces of ocelli, basal plate of the antennal flagellum with obtuse angle, without a tooth or spine, wings hyaline, with brown basal cells, without appendix in the fork of vein R4 +5, and genital furca wide with extended flaps.

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Research Article Tue, 1 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0300
New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3705/ ZooKeys 270: 59-93

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.270.4476

Authors: Evert Schlinger, Jéssica Gillung, Chris Borkent

Abstract: Two new genera and five new species of spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) are described from the Neotropical Region. A new genus of Philopotinae (Neophilopota brevirostris Schlinger gen. et sp. n.) is described from Mexico, while an unusual new species of Sphaerops Philippi, 1865 (Acrocerinae: S. micella Schlinger sp. n.) is described from Chile. A new Panopinae genus near Lasia Wiedemann, 1824 (Coquena stangei Schlinger gen. et sp. n.), is described from Argentina and two new species of Pialea Erichson, 1840 (P. brunea Schlinger sp. n. and P. corbiculata Schlinger sp. n.) are described from Venezuela. Each genus is diagnosed and figured, and a key to species provided. The Neotropical fauna presently includes 19 genera, containing approximately 100 species. A key to New World genera is also included.

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Research Article Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0200
Tabanidae (Diptera) of Maranhão state, Brazil. V. Description of Protosilvius gurupi sp. n. (Pangoniinae, Pangoniini) and key to Protosilvius species https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3262/ ZooKeys 235: 41-50

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.235.3786

Authors: Jose Rafael, Dayse Marques, Franscisco Limeira-de-Oliveira

Abstract: Protosilvius gurupi sp. n. (Tabanidae, Pangoniinae) is described and illustrated based on seven female and 53 male specimens collected in the Amazonian region at Reserva Biológica Gurupi, Centro Novo do Maranhão municipality, northwest Maranhão, Brazil. This is the first record of Protosilvius in northern Brazil and in the Amazon Basin. An illustrated key to all Protosilvius species is also presented.

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Research Article Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200
Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2473/ ZooKeys 172: 7-75

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.172.1889

Authors: Shaun Winterton

Abstract: The Australasian spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) are reviewed, with all eight currently recognized genera diagnosed and figured. The panopine genus Panops Lamarck, 1804 from Australia and Indonesia is revised with four new species described, increasing the total number of species in the genus to nine: P. aurum sp. n., P. danielsi sp. n., P. jade sp. n. and P. schlingeri sp. n. Five species of Panops are redescribed: Panops austrae Neboiss, 1971, P. baudini Lamarck, 1804, P. boharti (Schlinger, 1959), comb. n., P. conspicuus (Brunetti, 1926) and P. grossi (Neboiss, 1971), comb. n. The monotypic genera Neopanops Schlinger, 1959 and Panocalda Neboiss, 1971 are synonymized with Panops. Keys to genera of Australasian Acroceridae and species of Panops, Helle Osten Sacken, 1896 and Australasian Pterodontia Gray, 1832 are included.

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Research Article Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0200
A new species of spider fly in the genus Sabroskya Schlinger from Malawi, with a key to Acrocerinae world genera (Diptera, Acroceridae) https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2457/ ZooKeys 171: 1-15

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.171.2137

Authors: Shaun Winterton, Jéssica Gillung

Abstract: In this paper we diagnose the genus Sabroskya Schlinger, 1960 and describe Sabroskya schlingeri sp. n. from Malawi. We also provide dichotomous keys to species of Sabroskya and to world genera of the subfamily Acrocerinae, both extant and extinct.

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Research Article Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0200
Tabanidae and other Diptera on Camel’s Hump Vermont: Ecological Observations https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2936/ ZooKeys 147: 559-576

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.147.1989

Authors: Jeffrey Freeman

Abstract: A canopy trap and aerial nets led to finding 8 species of Tabanidae. There was an abundance of calyptrate muscoid flies. Camel’s Hump is in the Green Mountains of western New England, USA. Discovering Diptera on Camel’s Hump involved sixteen visits over 40 years. Upwards of 23 other Diptera species are listed. Habitats on the east side and above 762 m (2500 ft) elevation on Camel’s Hump differ from the west slope but the boreal forest on both sides is influenced by cloud and fog precipitation on trees. The cliffs just above the 900 m level along the east side are often overlooked, are not seen from the summit and provide access to morning sun for insects. Recent visits explored the role of polarized skylight in relation to the canopy trap, the boreal forest environment and flies found there.

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Research Article Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0200
New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2714/ ZooKeys 127: 15-27

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.127.1824

Authors: Jéssica Gillung, Shaun Winterton

Abstract: In this paper we describe two new genera of philopotine Acroceridae: Schlingeriella irwini gen. et sp. n. (New Caledonia) and Quasi fisheri gen. et sp. n. (Mexico). The Baltic amber species Eulonchiella eocenica Meunier, 1912 is rediagnosed and a neotype designated based on a newly discovered specimen. We also provide a dichotomous key to the world genera of Philopotinae, both living and fossil.

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Research Article Thu, 8 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0300
Preliminary list of horse flies (Diptera, Tabanidae) of Serbia https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2609/ ZooKeys 117: 73-81

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.117.1328

Authors: Stjepan Krcmar

Abstract: Thirty six species of horse flies (Tabanidae) were previously known from Serbia (Europe). The present faunistic study of horse flies (Tabanidae) has resulted in the recording of the 4 new species Atylotus fulvus (Meigen, 1804); Tabanus miki Brauer in Brauer and Bergenstamm, 1880; Tabanus unifasciatus Loew, 1858; and Heptatoma pellucens (Fabricius, 1776), in the fauna of Serbia. The genus Heptatoma Meigen, 1803 is cited for the first time in the fauna of Serbia. 40 species are currently known from Serbia, belonging to nine genera. The fauna can be considered relatively poorly studied. Most of the species belong to the Boreal-Eurasian type of fauna 23, followed by the South European group with 8 species, the Mediterranean group with 6 species, European group with 2 species and Central European group with 1 species.

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Checklist Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0300