Author: P.A. LehrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Robber flies
Languages : en
Pages :
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Ecologo-morphological Analysis of Robber Flies (Diptera, Asilidae)
Author: P.A. LehrReview and Analysis of Information on the Biology and Morphology of Immature Stages of Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
Author: D. Steve DennisPublisher:
ISBN: 9781775572008
Category : Robber flies
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Ecological and Morphological Study of Robber Flies of the Tribe Asilini (Diptera, Asilidae) Witha Description of New Genera and Species from Kazakhstan and Middle Asia
Author: P.A. LehrEntomological Review
Author: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Author: Joel Asaph AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Comprises articles on geology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology, entomology and anthropology.
Robber Flies of Subfamiliy Asiliinae (Diptera, Asiliidae) of Palaearctic Ecological and Morphological Analysis, Taxonomy and Evolution
Author: P.A. LehrMorphology and Development of the Immature Stages of Some Robber Flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asilidae)
Author: Joseph-Jean MussoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Robber flies
Languages : en
Pages :
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Studia dipterologica
Author: Robber Flies of the World
Author: Frank Montgomery HullPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Venomics and Systematics of Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae).
Author: Christopher M CohenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Robber flies or assassin flies (Diptera: Asilidae) are a diverse family of venomous predators. The evolutionary history of this venom is poorly known. We leveraged venom transcriptomes from a diversity of robber flies and non-venomous relatives to construct venom gene families and study patterns of positive selection therein. We find that robber fly venoms have relatively few sites under positive selection, consistent with the hypothesis that the venoms of older lineages are dominated by negative selection acting to maintain toxic function. A well-supported and comprehensive phylogenetic framework is needed for further evolutionary studies in robber flies. Unfortunately, the current morphology-based higher classification is not fully supported by molecular studies using traditional molecular markers. We leveraged the recently developed Diptera-wide UCE bait set to compile the largest dataset to date, comprising 151 robber flies and 2,496 loci. Our comprehensive phylogeny confirms that the current classification is flawed and provides a foundation for a thorough revision of these higher taxa. Building on these results, a world catalog of the genera of Asilidae is presented, as well as a revised classification of the subfamilies, tribes, and subtribes. This catalog also includes a hypothesized phylogeny of all higher taxa, a brief analysis of taxonomic trends in generic names, and a preliminary dichotomous key to, and diagnoses for, all higher taxa.