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PROGRAM 8th International Congress of Dipterology 10 – 15 August 2014 Potsdam, Germany ICD8 Organizing Committee Marion Kotrba (Chair) Netta Dorchin Frank Menzel ICD8 Scientific Program Sub-committee Netta Dorchin (head) Dan Bickel Martin Hauser Ashley Kirk-Spriggs Rudolf Meier ICD8 Administration and Management pcma gmbh, Berlin ICD Council Thomas Pape (Chair), Rudolf Meier (Vice Chair) Marion Kotrba (Secretary/Treasurer) Daniel Bickel, Irina Brake, Márcia Couri Stephen D. Gaimari, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs Angeles Marcos-García, James E. O’Hara Marc Pollet, Masaaki Suwa, Brian M. Wiegmann Shaun Winterton, Manuel A. Zumbado ICD Honorary Members Roger W. Crosskey, Fan Zi-de, Nina P. Krivosheina Emilia P. Nartshuk, Evert I. Schlinger F. Christian Thompson, D. Montgomery (Monty) Wood Cover photo from: Harald Fuchs (Köln) “Orte höherer Ordnung / Pipette” Kongresshotel Potsdam – floorplan 8th International Congress of Dipterology 214 Conference Room 217 Conference Room 219 Computer Room & Media Check Counter 226 Conference Room Posters Toilets Elevator Lunch (downstairs) Coffee Break Registration Desk & Information 2 3 19:00 Sunday August 10, 2014 Welcome Reception at the Kongresshotel (until 21:00) 19:00 Monday August 11, 2014 – morning 8th International Congress of Dipterology Congress Hall Room 214 Room 217 Room 226 08:30 Opening ceremony 09:00 Plenary talk - Dipteran diversity through a 09:00 different lens: digital photography and the democratization of dipterology Marshall S. Higher-level phylogeny of Diptera Calyptratae Culicomorpha Empidoidea 09:45 A phylogenomic estimate of fly evolution Ecology of bat flies (Nycteribiidae) in North UK surveillance of Culicoides 09:45 Trautwein M. et al. Palaearctic England M. *Orlova M., Kshnyasev I. 30 min keynote 10:00 Taxonomy and Cladistics of the genus Searching for biting midges – evolutionary 10:00 Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 (Diptera: relationships and the Swedish fauna Streblidae) *Strandberg J., Johanson K.A. Alcantara D. et al. 10:15 Crampton, thorax sclerites and basal Diptera I.A. Portschinsky – one of the first Russian Over 250 years of taxonomic and faunistic 10:15 phylogeny dipterists studies on European biting midges (Diptera: *Amorim D. de S., Ribeiro G. Nartshuk E. Ceratopogonidae) Dominiak P. et al. 10:30 Coffee break area (30 min) 10:30 11:00 Male terminalia: seminal discoveries in Diptera Faunistic relationships of the Muscidae The Red List of biting midges (Diptera: 11:00 phylogeny (Diptera) of the high altitude of the Altai Ceratopogonidae) in Germany. Cumming J.M. et al. Mountains and the latitudinal tundra of Havelka P. Russia Sorokina V., *Pont A. 11:15 Inferring the phylogenetic relationships of early The Muscidae of Armenia What’s up with Neotropical Simulium 210 new combinations? DNA suggests 11:15 dipteran lineages based on more than 1,000 Pont A. subgenera (Diptera: Simuliidae)? the Pacific species are separate from orthologous genes from transcriptome data Gil-Azevedo L.H. Campsicnemus Haliday (Diptera: Meusemann K. et al. Dolichopodidae) Goodman K.R., *Evenhuis N.L. et al. 11:30 Seeking support in Schizophora Cosmopolitan and neglected, Stomoxys flies Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) as Biogeography of the tribe Aphrosylini (Diptera: 11:30 Bayless K.M. et al. are important vectors of pathogens! parasites of dragonflies and amphibians Dolichopodidae) Duvallet G. et al. *Havelka P., Martens A. Masunaga K. 11:45 Toward the calyptrate Tree-of-Life: molecular Flight strategies of Coenosia attenuata: a high The seasonal activity of the genus Forcipomyia Habitat associations of the rare flies 11:45 phylogeny of a recent megadiverse branch of speed video study (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in the Italian Alps Dolichopus laticola and D. nigripes (Diptera: Schizophora Wardill T.J., *Gonzalez-Bellido P.T. et al. Navai S. Dolichopodidae) in the fens of Norfolk, Kutty S.N. et al. England. Drake M. 12:00 Whence the Tachinidae? The morphology of immature stages and the Biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) – Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae 12:00 Stireman J.O. III et al. systematics of Muscidae putative vectors of Schmallenberg virus in (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) Grzywacz A. et al. Germany Kameke D. et al. Naglis S. 12:15 An updated phylogenetic hypothesis for Ochlerotatus japonicus japonicus (Diptera: Study of Middle East Dolichopodidae from the 12:15 Sepsidae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) based on Culicidae) in Europe: population genetics of an collection of National Museum in Prague improved taxon sampling and phylogenomic invasive mosquito species Tkoč M. analyses of transcriptome data Zielke D.E. et al. Su K. et al. 12:30 Lunch (60 min) 12:30 4 5 Monday August 11, 2014 – afternoon 8th International Congress of Dipterology Congress Hall Room 214 Room 217 Room 226 Diptera biogeography – patterns and processes Calyptratae (continued) Culicomorpha (continued) Empidoidea (continued) 13:30 Research on Calyptratae in India: a wheel of Cataloguing the World’s Chironomidae Cladistic analysis of the Diaphorinae (Diptera: 13:30 fire from past to present *Sinha S.K. (Diptera) – a progress report Dolichopodidae) *Ashe P., O’Connor J. Capellari R. 13:45 The complete mitochondrial genome sequence Assessment of Culicoides (Diptera: Red Lists sensu IUCN: a bridge too far for 13:45 of Gasterophilus pecorum (Fabricius) with Ceratopogonidae) abundance in bovine dung: Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Flanders? a comparative mitogenomic analysis of a comparison of methods *Pollet M., Maes D. Oestroidea Yan L. et al. Steinke S. et al. 14:00 First attempt at reconstructing a molecular Using DNA barcodes for diversity assessment 14:00 phylogeny of Miltogramminae (Diptera: in Hybotidae (Diptera: Empidoidea) Sarcophagidae) Szpila K. et al. Grootaert P. et al. 14:15 Austral Biogeography – goodbye Gondwana Flesh flies, rogues and molecules—the Morphological and behavioral novelties in 14:15 and the Moa Buoyancy Hypothesis diversification of Sarcophaga (sensu lato) Costa Rican Hilarempis (Diptera: Empididae) *Yeates D., Lessard B. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Vargas Rodríguez A. Buenaventura E. et al. 30 min keynote 14:30 Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Annual changes in abundance of aquatic 14:30 Sarcophaga Meigen (sensu lato) (Diptera: dance flies (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae, Sarcophagidae) based on the complete Hemerodromiinae) cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene sequences: a Ivković M. preliminary study Zhang M. et al. 14:45 Breaching the gaps – fly distribution in the Homology and congruence in the most Discovery of the subgenus Neoilliesiella in 14:45 Afrotropical region comprehensive phylogeny of the subfamily the Oriental region (Diptera: Empidoidea: *Kirk-Spriggs A.H., McGregor G. Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Empididae: Trichopezinae) *Buenaventura E., Pape T. Yang D. et al. 15:00 Coffee break area (30 min) 15:00 15:30 Of tapirs and flies – the overlooked connection What is a rhinophorid fly? A new perspective The Empididae s.l. fauna of the Caucasus 15:30 between the Oriental and Neotropical regions on an old question - based on DNA sequences (Diptera: Empididae, Hybotidae, Atelestidae, Hauser M. *Ziegler J., Tóthová A. Brachystomatidae) Kustov S. 15:45 The composition and structure of Empididae, Great diversity in a small family: the Platypalpus (pallidiventris) – variability or 15:45 Hybotidae and Brachystomatidae communities Rhinophoridae as a paradigm complex of siblings? in Thailand – how did they arise? *Cerretti P., Pape T. Barták M. Plant A.R. 16:00 Global diversity patterns in crane flies (Diptera): Frog flies (Caiusa Surcouf, 1920) (Diptera: New data on the genus Hybos Meigen (Diptera: 16:00 sampling bias and biogeographical signal Calliphoridae) Hybotidae) from the Palaearctic region *Ribeiro G., Eterovic A. *Rognes K., Karraker N.E. Shamshev I. et al. 16:15 Dipterans spreading in time and space – from Documenting systematic relationships among Phylogenetic analysis of Hemerodromia Meigen 16:15 the Jurassic to the Cretaceous, from temperate the Australian blowfly fauna (Diptera: Empididae) to tropical Wallman J.F. Câmara J. et al. Amorim D. de S. et al. 16:30 Lower Diptera and Southern Hemisphere Revision of the Neotropical species of Nearctic balloon flies: resolving the diversity of 16:30 biogeographical patterns Trichopoda Berthold, 1827 and Ectophasiopsis Empis (Enoplempis) (Diptera: Empididae) de Jong H. Townsend, 1915 Sinclair B.J. et al. *Dios R., Nihei S. 16:45 Historical Biogeography of Stylogaster Phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Winthemiini 16:45 Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) (Tachinidae: Exoristinae): preliminary results Rocha L.G. et al. and perspectives. Lopes A. et al. 6 7 Tuesday August 12, 2014 – morning 8th International Congress of Dipterology Congress Hall Room 214 Room 217 Room 226 08:30 Plenary talk - Mosquitoes and the prospects 08:30 for malaria elimination Coetzee M. Forensic Dipterology Bibionomorpha Stalk-eyed flies Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Orthorrhapha 09:15 The application of immature stages of Molecular phylogeny of Bibionomorpha A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg 09:15 Fanniidae in forensic entomology: prospects (Diptera): current state of knowledge (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion and caveats Ševčík J. et al. fly described from East Africa, and its Grzywacz A. et al. biogeographical implications Swart V.R. et al. 09:30 Phylogenetic patterns in the greenbottle flies A faunistic account of selected bibionomorph Addressing an ‘open-ended’ taxon: a 09:30 (Calliphoridae: Luciliinae) families in
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    NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects ROD P. MACFARLANE, PETER A. MADDISON, IAN G. ANDREW, JOCELYN A. BERRY, PETER M. JOHNS, ROBERT J. B. HOARE, MARIE-CLAUDE LARIVIÈRE, PENELOPE GREENSLADE, ROSA C. HENDERSON, COURTenaY N. SMITHERS, RicarDO L. PALMA, JOHN B. WARD, ROBERT L. C. PILGRIM, DaVID R. TOWNS, IAN McLELLAN, DAVID A. J. TEULON, TERRY R. HITCHINGS, VICTOR F. EASTOP, NICHOLAS A. MARTIN, MURRAY J. FLETCHER, MARLON A. W. STUFKENS, PAMELA J. DALE, Daniel BURCKHARDT, THOMAS R. BUCKLEY, STEVEN A. TREWICK defining feature of the Hexapoda, as the name suggests, is six legs. Also, the body comprises a head, thorax, and abdomen. The number A of abdominal segments varies, however; there are only six in the Collembola (springtails), 9–12 in the Protura, and 10 in the Diplura, whereas in all other hexapods there are strictly 11. Insects are now regarded as comprising only those hexapods with 11 abdominal segments. Whereas crustaceans are the dominant group of arthropods in the sea, hexapods prevail on land, in numbers and biomass. Altogether, the Hexapoda constitutes the most diverse group of animals – the estimated number of described species worldwide is just over 900,000, with the beetles (order Coleoptera) comprising more than a third of these. Today, the Hexapoda is considered to contain four classes – the Insecta, and the Protura, Collembola, and Diplura. The latter three classes were formerly allied with the insect orders Archaeognatha (jumping bristletails) and Thysanura (silverfish) as the insect subclass Apterygota (‘wingless’). The Apterygota is now regarded as an artificial assemblage (Bitsch & Bitsch 2000).
  • Taxonomy and Systematics of the Australian Sarcophaga S.L. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Kelly Ann Meiklejohn University of Wollongong

    Taxonomy and Systematics of the Australian Sarcophaga S.L. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Kelly Ann Meiklejohn University of Wollongong

    University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 2012 Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Sarcophaga s.l. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Kelly Ann Meiklejohn University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Meiklejohn, Kelly Ann, Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Sarcophaga s.l. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), Doctor of Philosophy thesis, School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, 2012. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3729 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Sarcophaga s.l. (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree Doctor of Philosophy from University of Wollongong by Kelly Ann Meiklejohn BBiotech (Adv, Hons) School of Biological Sciences 2012 Thesis Certification I, Kelly Ann Meiklejohn declare that this thesis, submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy, in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, is wholly my own work unless otherwise referenced or acknowledged. The document has not been submitted for qualifications at any other academic institution. Kelly Ann Meiklejohn 31st of August 2012 ii Table of Contents List of Figures ..................................................................................................................................................
  • Proceedings of the United States National Museum

    Proceedings of the United States National Museum

    Proceedings of the United States National Museum SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION . WASHINGTON, D.C. Volume 121 1967 Number 3569 SOLDIER FLY LARVAE IN AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO ' By Max W. McFadden ^ The Stratiomyidae or soldier flies are represented in America north of Mexico by approximately 237 species distributed through 37 genera. Prior to this study, larvae have been described for only 21 species representmg 15 genera. In addition to the lack of adequate descriptions and keys, classification has seldom been attempted and a phylogenetic treatment of the larvae has never been presented. The present study has been undertaken with several goals in mind: to rear and describe (1) as many species as possible; (2) to redescribe all previously described larvae of North American species; and (3), on the basis of larval characters, to attempt to define various taxo- nomic units and show phylogenetic relationships withm the family and between it and other closely related familes. Any attempt to establish subfamilial and generic lunits must be regarded as tentative. This is especially true in the present study since larvae of so many species of Stratiomyidae remain unknown. Undoubtably, as more species are reared, changes mil have to be made in keys and definitions of taxa. The keys have been prepared chiefly for identification of last mstar larvae. If earher mstars are known, they either have been 1 Modified from a Ph. D. dissertation submitted to the University of Alberta E(hnonton, Canada. ' 2 Entomology Research Division, U.S. Dept. Agriculture, Tobacco Insects Investigations, P.O. Box 1011, Oxford, N.C. 27565. : 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.