A new species group in Megaselia, the lucifrons group, with description of a new species (Diptera, Phoridae).

ABSTRACT: With 1,400 described species, Megaselia is one of the most species-rich genera in the animal kingdom, and at the same time one of the least studied. An important obstacle to taxonomic progress is the lack of knowledge concerning the phylogenetic structure within the genus. Classification of Megaselia at the level of subgenus is incomplete although Schmitz addressed several groups of species in a series of monographs published from 1956 to 1981. Another problem is the lack of molecular phylogenetic analyses to support morphology-based conclusions. As a contribution towards addressing these problems, we here circumscribe a previously unrecognized monophyletic lineage of Megaselia consisting of species similar to Megaselialucifrons. We base this taxonomic decision on morphological study of an

SUBMITTER: Haggqvist S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4523756 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature