Taxonomic revision of Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East

Taxonomic revision of Dasydorylas Skevington, 2001 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East

Species of the distinctive and cosmopolitan genus Skevington, 2001 in the Middle East are revised. Seven species are documented, and three new species, sp. nov., sp. nov. and . sp. nov., are described, and one synonym, Motamedinia & Kehlmaier, 2017, syn. nov. is proposed, based on sequence infor...

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Veröffentlicht in:PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2020-02, Vol.8, p.e8511-e8511, Article e8511
Hauptverfasser: Motamedinia, Behnam, Skevington, Jeffrey H, Kelso, Scott
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Sprache:eng
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Asia
Big-headed flies
COI
Cytochrome
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Distribution map
DNA
DNA barcoding
Entomology
Identification
Identification key
Identification keys
Mitochondria
Morphology
New species
Photographic equipment & supplies
Software
Taxonomic revision
Taxonomy
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Zusammenfassung:Species of the distinctive and cosmopolitan genus Skevington, 2001 in the Middle East are revised. Seven species are documented, and three new species, sp. nov., sp. nov. and . sp. nov., are described, and one synonym, Motamedinia & Kehlmaier, 2017, syn. nov. is proposed, based on sequence information from the mitochondrial COI barcoding gene and morphological parameters. Diagnoses, illustrations and distributional data are provided for all studied species. Descriptions of new species as well as an identification key to all known species in the Middle East are also provided.
ISSN:2167-8359
2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.8511