Paraleucopidae
| Paraleucopidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Section: | Schizophora |
| Subsection: | Acalyptratae |
| Family: | Paraleucopidae Wheeler, 2019[1] |
The Paraleucopidae are a family of Acalyptratae flies first elevated to family level in 2019. Their placement within the acalyptrataes is uncertain. Based on morphological evidence, they have been proposed to belong to the suprafamily Asteioinea within superfamily Opomyzoidea.[1][2] However, transcriptomic data suggest they may instead belong to the superfamily Sphaeroceroidea.[3] The clade includes the genera Paraleucopis, Mallochianamyia and Schizostomyia from the New World and undescribed species from Australia.[1]
Genera
[edit]- Mallochianamyia Santos-Neto, 1996[4]
- Paraleucopis Malloch, 1913
- Schizostomyia Malloch, 1934[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wheeler, Terry A.; Sinclair, Bradley J. (2019). "Systematics of Paraleucopis Malloch with proposal of Paraleucopidae, a new family of acalyptrate Diptera". Zootaxa. 4668 (3): 301–328. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4668.3.1. PMID 31716615. S2CID 203387380.
- ^ McAlpine, J.F. (1989). McAlpine, J.F. (ed.). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Vol. 3. Quebec, Canada: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada. p. 1449. ISBN 978-0-660-12961-7.
- ^ Bayless, Keith M.; Trautwein, Michelle D.; Meusemann, Karen; Shin, Seunggwan; Petersen, Malte; Donath, Alexander; Podsiadlowski, Lars; Mayer, Christoph; Niehuis, Oliver; Peters, Ralph S.; Meier, Rudolf; Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan; Liu, Shanlin; Zhou, Xin; Misof, Bernhard (2021-02-08). "Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics". BMC Biology. 19 (1): 23. doi:10.1186/s12915-020-00944-8. ISSN 1741-7007. PMC 7871583. PMID 33557827.
- ^ Santos-Neto, L.G. dos (1996). "Mallochianamyia, nome novo para Gayomyia Malloch (Diptera, Chamaemyiidae)". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 13 (1): 91–92. doi:10.1590/S0101-81751996000100008. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Malloch, J.R. (1934). "Acalyptrata (concl.)". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 6: 393–489.