Integrative taxonomy reveals remarkable diversity in Australian Protomiltogramma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
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Protomiltogramma Townsend is the largest and most diverse genus of miltogrammine flesh flies in Australia. However, no comprehensive taxonomic work had been completed on the Australian members of this genus in almost a century. This study presents the first taxonomic revision of all Australian species of Protomiltogramma (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae), completed using an integrative approach combining molecular and morphological data. Eight new species endemic to Australia are described: P. dalbiensis sp. n., P. grandis sp. n., P. incana sp. n., P. kapnos sp. n., P. nigrisensa sp. n., P. popularis sp. n., P. rubra sp. n. and P. subtilis sp. n. In addition, P. australis Malloch, 1930 is synonymised with P. cincta Townsend, 1916, syn. n. and P. mallochi Verves, 1987 is synonymised with P. laticeps Malloch, 1930, syn. n. Molecular phylogenetics is used to place the Australian Protomiltogramma among the miltogrammine genera of the world.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Zootaxa |
| Vol/bind | 5043 |
| Udgave nummer | 1 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 1-104 |
| Antal sider | 104 |
| ISSN | 1175-5326 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 2021 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
The authors thank David Yeates and the Australian National Insect Collection, Christine Lambkin, Susan Wright and the Queensland Museum, Daniel Bickel and the Australian Museum, Torsten Dikow and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Daniel Whitmore and the Natural History Museum (London) for the provision of pinned specimens and holotype photographs. We also thank Tracey Gibson, University of Wollongong, for her assistance with genetic analysis, Kimmie Møenbo Jensen, Copenhagen, for her assistance with the preparation of electron micrographs of dissected terminalia and Astrid Blok van Witteloostuijn, Natural History Museum of Denmark, for her help digitising specimen label data. We gratefully acknowledge the Australian Biological Resources Study for financial support of this study (ABRS grant RF215-59). Recent material for this study was collected under permits from the New South Wales State Government (SL101850), Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission (61438), Queensland State Government (WITK18701717), Victorian State Government (10008179) and Western Australian State Government (SF010631). We also thank Daniel Whitmore (now Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart) and three anonymous reviewers for their thorough and constructive review, which resulted in a greatly improved manuscript.
Funding Information:
The authors thank David Yeates and the Australian National Insect Collection, Christine Lambkin, Susan Wright and the Queensland Museum, Daniel Bickel and the Australian Museum, Torsten Dikow and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Daniel Whitmore and the Natural History Museum (London) for the provision of pinned specimens and holotype photographs. We also thank Tracey Gibson, University of Wollongong, for her assistance with genetic analysis, Kimmie M?enbo Jensen, Copenhagen, for her assistance with the preparation of electron micrographs of dissected terminalia and Astrid Blok van Witteloostuijn, Natural History Museum of Denmark, for her help digitising specimen label data. We gratefully acknowledge the Australian Biological Resources Study for financial support of this study (ABRS grant RF215-59). Recent material for this study was collected under permits from the New South Wales State Government (SL101850), Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission (61438), Queensland State Government (WITK18701717), Victorian State Government (10008179) and Western Australian State Government (SF010631). We also thank Daniel Whitmore (now Staatliches Museum f?r Naturkunde Stuttgart) and three anonymous reviewers for their thorough and constructive review, which resulted in a greatly improved manuscript.
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