Monographing Taxa

We are attempting to monograph a wide range of clades during this grant. The approach has been to select for revision a species-rich genus that seems to be within a cluster of related genera. Through this strategy, we hoped to begin piecing together the world Therevidae. A number of genera have been worked on during the three years of our project. Following are the genera for which manuscripts have not yet been submitted followed in parentheses by the number of species involved: Acrosathe (20), Agapophytus (>70), Anabarhynchus (>200), Bonjeania (20), Brachylinga (45), Cyclotelus (>60), Lindneria Group (11), Ozodiceromyia (120), Pandivirilia (25), Thereva (250), and several Australian genera with manuscript names (25). Spiriverpa, a Holarctic genus, is under study.

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