Search Results - "O'Hara, James E"
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First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences
Published in PloS one (23-08-2017)“…Calyptrate flies include about 22,000 extant species currently classified into Hippoboscoidea (tsetse, louse, and bat flies), the muscoid grade (house flies…”
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Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera
Published in ZooKeys (01-01-2016)“…The Tachinidae of the Afrotropical Region are catalogued and seven genera and eight species are newly described. There are 237 genera and 1126 species…”
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Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of Chile
Published in ZooKeys (21-10-2021)“…The Tachinidae (Diptera) of Chile are catalogued and information is given on distributions, name-bearing types, synonyms, nomenclatural issues, and pertinent…”
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Explosive radiation or uninformative genes? Origin and early diversification of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-07-2015)“…[Display omitted] •We reconstruct the phylogeny of a representative set of tachinid flies and related families.•We evaluate the phylogenetic informativeness of…”
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History of tachinid classification (Diptera, Tachinidae)
Published in ZooKeys (01-01-2013)“…The history of the classification of the Tachinidae (Diptera) is traced from Meigen to the present. The contributions of Robineau-Desvoidy, Townsend,…”
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TACHINIDAE: Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology
Published in Annual review of entomology (01-01-2006)“…Tachinidae are one of the most diverse and ecologically important families in the order Diptera. As parasitoids, they are important natural enemies in most…”
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A world review of the bristle fly parasitoids of webspinners
Published in BMC zoology (04-07-2022)“…Dipteran parasitoids of Embioptera (webspinners) are few and extremely rare but known from all biogeographical regions except Australasia/Oceania. All belong…”
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First North American record of the Palaearctic rhinophorid Stevenia deceptoria (Loew) (Diptera: Rhinophoridae)
Published in Zootaxa (16-12-2015)“…The Rhinophoridae (Diptera) have a cosmopolitan distribution and a known fauna of about 150 species (Cerretti & Pape 2007). So far as known, all species are…”
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The identity of Tachina westermanni Wiedemann, 1819 (Diptera: Calliphoridae or Tachinidae) with a solution to a nomenclatural problem
Published in Zootaxa (18-05-2015)“…Tachina westermanni Wiedemann, 1819 was based on four syntypes, two conspecific calliphorids and two conspecific tachinids. Two existing but contradictory…”
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A review of genus-group names in Diptera (Insecta) that J.C. Fabricius "borrowed" from other dipterists and proposed as new in his systematic works from 1775 to 1805
Published in Zootaxa (14-10-2014)“…It is shown that a total of eight pre-existing genus-group names in Diptera were "borrowed" and deliberately given new identities in the systematic works of…”
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Diptera of Canada
Published in ZooKeys (24-01-2019)“…The Canadian Diptera fauna is updated. Numbers of species currently known from Canada, total Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), and estimated numbers of undescribed…”
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A new Loewia Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Turkey, with taxonomic and nomenclatural remarks on congeners
Published in Zootaxa (16-01-2014)“…The new species Loewia papei sp. nov. from southern Anatolia (Turkey) is described, illustrated and compared with congeners. A brief diagnosis of Loewia Egger…”
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Molecular phylogeny and evolution of world Tachinidae (Diptera)
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-10-2019)“…[Display omitted] •Tachinidae are a diverse and actively radiating clade of insect parasitoids.•Molecular phylogenetic analysis supports many traditional…”
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The type specimens of Tachinidae (Diptera) housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires
Published in Zootaxa (12-06-2013)“…The type material of species of Tachinidae (Diptera) housed in the collection of the Entomology Division of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales…”
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Reassessment of Paleotachina Townsend and Electrotachina Townsend and their removal from the Tachinidae (Diptera)
Published in ZooKeys (01-01-2013)“…The monotypic genera Paleotachina Townsend, 1921 and Electrotachina Townsend, 1938 were originally described as fossils in amber but were later discovered to…”
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Neoethilla, a new genus for the first record of the Ethillini from the New World (Diptera, Tachinidae, Exoristinae)
Published in ZooKeys (01-01-2012)“…New genus Neoethillagen. n., is described to include two New World nominal species formerly recognized as valid species in Winthemia Robineau-Desvoidy:…”
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Molecular phylogenetics and piercer evolution in the bug‐killing flies (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae)
Published in Systematic entomology (01-01-2018)“…Abstract Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) are endoparasitoid flies that attack Heteroptera, including a multitude of agricultural pests. A phylogenetically…”
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Signal through the noise? Phylogeny of the Tachinidae (Diptera) as inferred from morphological evidence
Published in Systematic entomology (01-04-2014)“…The oestroid family Tachinidae represents one of the most diverse lineages of insect parasitoids. Despite their broad distribution, diversity and important…”
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Two tribes hidden in one genus: the case of Agaedioxenis Villeneuve (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae)
Published in Organisms diversity & evolution (01-09-2015)“…The Afrotropical tachinid “genus” Agaedioxenis Villeneuve is taken here as an example of the challenges faced by dipterists in classifying one of the most…”
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Extraordinary diversification of the “bristle flies” (Diptera: Tachinidae) and its underlying causes
Published in Biological journal of the Linnean Society (01-05-2021)“…Abstract The family Tachinidae (“bristle flies”) is the most diverse and ecologically important group of insect parasitoids outside the parasitic wasps. It is…”
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