FLYTREE: Publications & Products

"Flies have been at the heart of profound biological discovery. They are structurally and ecologically more diverse than all other orders of insects; they are paradigm organisms in genetics and physiology; they are the most effective vectors of diseases; and they have been the focus of revolutionary thinkers like Willi Hennig. This book integrates for the first time the remarkable biology of flies and brings the study of these insects to a new level. "

— David Grimaldi, American Museum of Natural History, author of Evolution of Insects

"By so smoothly covering every aspect of the evolutionary biology of flies, this book certainly lives up to its title."

— Donald A. Windsor, Science Books & Films

Peer Reviewed Publications*

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Comparative Genomics
Fossil Diptera
Fly Biology & Ecology
Dipteran Taxonomy
Fly Phylogeny & Evolution

*Note that pdf versions of these papers may not be open access, but available for purchase or by subscription. Abstracts are generally free.

Comparative Genomics

Cameron, S. L., C. L. Lambkin, S. C. Barker, and M. F. Whiting. 2007. A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision. Systematic Entomology, 32: 40-59. (pdf)

Cameron, S. L., A. T. Beckenbach, M. A. Dowton and M. F. Whiting. 2006. Insect interordinal phylogenetics and mitochondrial genomics. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny. 64: 27-34. (pdf)

Fossil Diptera

Amorim, D.D.S. and D. A. Grimaldi. 2006. Valeseguyidae, a new family of Diptera in the Scatopsoidea, with a new genus in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Systematic Entomology: 31: 508-516. (pdf 9.4 MB) (Abstract)

Blagoderov, V., D. A. Grimaldi, and N. C. Fraser. 2007. How time flies for flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and early radiation of the order. American Museum Novitates (3572): 1-39. (pdf 10 MB)

Wiegmann, B. M., D. K Yeates, J. L. Thorne, and H. Kishino. 2003. Time flies, a new molecular time-scale for brachyceran fly evolution without a clock. Systematic Biology, 52: 745-756. (pdf, 655 KB)

Yeates, D. K., R. Meier, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2003. Phylogeny of true flies (Diptera): A 250 million year old success story in terrestrial diversification. Pages 170-172 in Klass, K.-D. ed. Proceedings of the 1st Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny: "Phylogenetic Relationships within the Insect Orders" (Dresden, September 19-21, 2003). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 61: 119-172. (pdf)

Fly Biology and Ecology

Chaverri, L. G., and A. Borkent. 2007. The Meniscus midges of Costa Rica (Diptera: Dixidae). Zootaxa, 1575: 1-34. (pdf) (Abstract)

Ferguson, D. J. 2007. Field observations of Perissomma mcalpinei Colless (Diptera: Perissommatidae). Australian Entomologist, 34: 93-96.

Stuke, J.-H. and J. H. Skevington. 2007. The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae - Conopini &Tropidomyiini). Zootaxa, 1528: 1-40. (pdf) (Abstract)

Dipteran Taxonomy

Amorim, D.D.S. and M.I.P.A. Balbi. 2006. A review of Anapausis Enderlein (Diptera: Scatopsidae) in the Neotropical Region, with four new species and comments on the phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa, 1300: 1-29. (pdf) (Abstract)

Barraclough, D. A. 2006. An overview of the South African tangle-veined flies (Diptera: Nemestrinidae), with an annotated key to the genera and a checklist of species. Zootaxa, 1277: 39-63. (pdf) (Abstract)

Barraclough, D. A. 2006. Remarkable sexual dimorphism in the Afrotropical species Nycterimyia capensis Bezzi, 1924 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae), and its taxonomic implications. Zootaxa, 1273: 1-7. (pdf) (Abstract)

Bortolanza, M., C.J.B. De Carvalho, and A.P.C. Lara. A new species of Coenosopsia Malloch (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) from southern Brazil and a reappraisal of the cladistic relationships of the genus. Zootaxa, 1242: 37-52. (pdf) (Abstract)

Brake, I. and W. N. Mathis. Revision of the genus Australimyza Harrison (Diptera: Australimyzidae). Systematic Entomology: 32: 252-275. (pdf) (Abstract)

De Carvalho, C.J.B. and A.C. Pont. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the South American genus Brachygasterina Macquart (Diptera: Muscidae). Zootaxa, 1151: 1-26. (pdf) (Abstract)

Lonsdale, O. and S. A. Marshall. 2006. Revision of the New World species of Craspedochaeta (Diptera: Clusiidae). Zootaxa, 1291: 1-101. (pdf) (Abstract)

Nihei, S. S. and C.J.B. De Carvalho. Systematics and biogeography of Polietina Schnabl & Dziedzicki (Diptera, Muscidae): Neotropical area relationships and Amazonia as a composite area. Systematic Entomology: 32: 477-501. (pdf) (Abstract)

Pape, T. 2006. A new species of Hoplacephala Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Namibia, with a discussion of generic monophyly. Zootaxa, 1183: 57-68. (pdf) (Abstract)

Pape, T. and C. A. De Mello-Patiu. 2006. Revision of Engelimyia Lopes, 1975 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Zootaxa, 1256: 21-47. (pdf) (Abstract)

Perez-Gelabert, D. E. and F. C. Thompson. 2006. A new genus and species of Richardiidae (Diptera) from Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 1259: 25-31. (pdf) (Abstract)

Santos, D.M.D. and D. S. Amorim. Chrysopilus (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Brazil: redescription of Chrysopilus fascipennis Bromley and description of eleven new species. Zootaxa, 1510: 1-33. (pdf) (Abstract)

Winterton, S. L. 2007. New species of Nanexila Winterton & Irwin and Taenogera Krober from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae). Zootaxa, 1413: 55-64. (pdf) (abstract)

Winterton, S. L. 2007. New species of Acraspisoides Hill & Winterton and Bonjeania Irwin & Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 1438: 1-25. (pdf) (Abstract)

Winterton, S. L. 2007. New species of Laxotela Winterton & Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Zootaxa, 1407: 57-64. (pdf) (Abstract)

Winterton, S. L. and P. H. Kerr. 2006. A new species of Alloxytropus Bezzi (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Proratinae) from Israel. Zootaxa, 1155:41-50. (pdf) (Abstract)

Winterton, S. L. 2007. Revision of the Australian stiletto fly genus Acatopygia Krober (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Zootaxa, 1405: 51-62. (pdf) (Abstract)

Winterton, S. L. 2006. New species of Eupsilocephala Krober from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae). Zootaxa, 1372: 17-25. (pdf) (Abstract)

Yeates, D. K., M. E. Irwin, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2003. Ocoidae, a new family of asiloid flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), based on Ocoa chilensis gen. and sp.n. from Chile, South America. Systematic Entomology, 28: 417-431. (pdf) (Abstract)

Yeates, D. K., M. E. Irwin, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2006. Evocoidae (Diptera: Asiloidea), a new family name for Ocoidae, based on Evocoa, a replacement name for the Chilean genus Ocoa Yeates, Irwin, and Wiegmann 2003. Systematic Entomology, 31: 373. (pdf) (Summary)

Fly Phylogeny and Evolution

Amorim, D. S. and D. Yeates. 2006. Pesky Gnats: Ridding Dipteran Classification of the Nematocera. Studia Dipterologica, v. 13, p. 3-9. (Abstract)

Amorim, D. S. and E. Rindal. 2007. Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha). Zootaxa, 1535: 1-92. (pdf) (Abstract)

Beckenbach, A. T., and A. Borkent. 2003. Molecular analysis of the biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 2. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 27: 21-35. (pdf) (Abstract)

Bickford, D., Lohman, D., Sodhi, N. S., Ng, P. K. L., R. Meier, K. Winker, K. Ingram, I. Das. Cryptic species: a new window on diversity and conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 22: 148-155. (pdf) (Summary)

Gibson, J. F. and G. W. Courtney. Revision of the net-winged midge genus Horaia Tonnoir and its phylogenetic relationship to other genera within the tribe Apistomyiini (Diptera: Blephariceridae). Systematic Entomology, 32: 276-304. (pdf) (Abstract)

Holston, K. C., B. M. Wiegmann, and M. E. Irwin. 2007. Monophyly and phylogenetic relationships of Thereva and therevine genus groups (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) based on EF-1a, 28S rDNA, and mt16S rDNA sequences. Invertebrate Systematics, 21: 279-276.

Kutty, S. N., M. V. Bernasconi, F. Sifner, and R. Meier. Sensitivity analysis, molecular systematics, and natural history evolution of Scathophagidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha: Calyptratae). Cladistics, 23: 64-83. (pdf) (Abstract)

Laamanen, T. R., R. Meier, M. A. Miller, A. Hille, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera): sensitivity analysis, alignment, and indel treatment in a multigene study. Cladistics, 21:258-271. (pdf) (Abstract)

Marinoni, L. and W. N. Mathis. 2006. A cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae). Zootaxa, 1236: 37-52. (pdf) (Abstract)

Meier, R., S. Kwong, G. Vaidya, and P.K.L. Ng. 2006. DNA Barcoding and taxonomy in Diptera: a tale of high intraspecific variability and low identification success. Systematic Biology, 55: 715 - 728.

Moulton, J. K. 2003. Can the current molecular arsenal adequately track rapid divergence events within Simuliidae (Diptera)? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 27: 45-57. (pdf) (Abstract)

Moulton, J. K. and B. M. Wiegmann. 2003. Evolution and phylogenetic utility of CAD (rudimentary) among Mesozoic-aged eremoneuran Diptera (Insecta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 31: 363-378. (pdf)

Moulton, J. K. and B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43: 701-713. (pdf)

Nihei, S. S. and C.J.B. De Carvalho. Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of Coenosopsia Malloch (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) and its significance to the evolution of anthomyiids in the Neotropics. Systematic Entomology: 29: 260-275. (pdf) (Abstract)

Papoucheva, P., V. Proviz, C. Lambkin, B. Goddeeris and A. Blinov. 2003. Phylogeny of the endemic Baikalian Sergentia (Chironomidae, Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 29: 120-125. (pdf) (Abstract)

Petersen, F. T., R. Meier, S. Kutty, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45: 111-122. (pdf)

Savage, J., T. A. Wheeler, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Thricops Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology, 29: 395-414. (pdf 2.1 MB)

Scheffer, S. J., M. L. Lewis, R. C. Joshi. 2006. DNA barcoding applied to invasive leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in the Philippines. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99:204-210.

Scheffer, S. J., I. S. Winkler, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships within the leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) inferred from sequence data from multiple genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42: 756-775. (pdf)

Schnell e Schuehli, G., C.J.B. Carvalho, and B. M. Wiegmann. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics of the Muscidae: New ideas in a congruence context. Invertebrate Systematics, 21: 263-278. (Abstract).

Sinclair, B.J. and A. Borkent. 2007. The male genital tract and aedeagal components of the Diptera with a discussion of their phylogenetic significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society, 150: 711-742.

Skevington, J. H., C. Kehlmaier, and G. Stahls. 2007 DNA Barcoding: Mixed results for big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Zootaxa, 1423: 51-57. (pdf)

Winterton, S. L., B. M. Wiegmann, and E. I. Schlinger. 2007. Phylogeny and Bayesian divergence time estimations of small-headed flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) using multiple molecular markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43: 808-832. (pdf)

Project Progress Reports

Year 1 Report - Year 2 Report - Year 3 Report - Year 4 Report

Products

Yeates, D.K., J. Hamilton, and A. Hastings. Glossary of fly external morphology

Yeates, D., R. Meier, and B. Wiegmann. Phylogenetic Supertree of 151 families of Diptera

Hamilton, J.R., D.K. Yeates, A. Hastings, D.H. Colless, D.K. McAlpine, D. Bickel, P.S. Cranston, M.A. Schneider, G. Daniels, S. Marshall. 2006. On the Fly - The Interactive Atlas and Key to Australia Fly Families. Centre for Biological Information Technology, CSIRO. [to obtain] [Winner of Whitley Book Award]

Workshops & Meetings

Tangalooma Diptera Workshops, 23-25 August 2004.

Copenhagen meeting

Dresden

2006 International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka, Japan

2007 collective buzz at Coweeta, North Carolina 17-18 November 2007

Presentations

Entomological Society of America

Collecting Trips

California - Epistomia

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