Taxonomic revision of Australian Amobia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae): integrating morphology and genetics finds a new species and tackles old problems
- A taxonomic revision of the Australian species of Amobia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae) is completed using an integrated approach combining four molecular loci (three mitochondrial, COI, ND4 and CYTB; one nuclear, EF1α) and morphological data. A new species, Amobia (s. str.) serpenta sp. nov., endemic to Australia, is described, and Amobia auriceps (Baranov, 1935) and Amobia burnsi (Malloch, 1930) are re-described. Molecular data are used to reconstruct inter-specific and generic relationships and support morphological species hypotheses. Phylogenetic analysis places all three Australian Amobia species together with Amobia signata (Meigen, 1824) (a Palaearctic species) in a single clade sister to Senotainia Macquart, 1846 (in part), which is in agreement with previous phylogenetic studies of the Miltogramminae. In addition to the description of species and molecular phylogenetics, general host associations for the Australian species of Amobia are discussed and evidence for the synonymisation of A. pelopei (Rondani, 1859) and A. auriceps is refuted.
Author: | Nikolas P. Johnston, James F. Wallman, Mark Dowton, Krzysztof Szpila, Thomas PapeORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-557035 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1135 |
ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 722:75-96 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (722:75-96) |
Publisher: | Muséum National dHistoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2020/10/28 |
Date of first Publication: | 2020/10/28 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2020/10/29 |
Tag: | DNA barcoding; Miltogramminae; flesh flies; phylogenetics |
Volume: | 2020 |
Issue: | 722 |
Page Number: | 22 |
First Page: | 75 |
Last Page: | 96 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |