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| Larval morphology of the Sepsidae (Diptera, Sciomyzoidea), with a cladistic analysis using adult and larval characters. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 228 |
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| Title: | Larval morphology of the Sepsidae (Diptera, Sciomyzoidea), with a cladistic analysis using adult and larval characters. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 228 |
| Other Titles: | Larval morphology of Sepsidae |
| Authors: | Meier, Rudolf, 1963- |
| Issue Date: | 1996 |
| Publisher: | [New York] : American Museum of Natural History |
| Series/Report no.: | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History ; no. 228 |
| Abstract: | "A phylogenetic hypothesis based on larval and adult characters is proposed for the Sepsidae. The cladistic analysis employed 85 characters and 57 taxa and found 16 equally parsimonious cladograms. The strict consensus tree and a preferred tree are presented, the region of the tree in which the parsimonious cladograms differ is indicated, and the competing arrangements of taxa are shown. Outgroup representatives included two species of ropalomerids (Ropalomera sp., Willistoniella pleuropunctata), two species of coelopids (Coelopa frigida, Chaetocoelopa sydneyensis), and one species of dryomyzid (Neuroctena caucasica). Based on larval characters, the Coelopidae are the sister group of the Sepsidae. Based on both the adult and the combined data sets, the Ropalomeridae, which are generally regarded as the sister group of the Sepsidae, are confirmed as their closest living relatives. Two new morphological autapormorphies related to the posterior spiracles are described for the Sepsidae. Th... |
| Description: | 147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-147). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1668 |
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