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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Charadrella Wulp (Diptera, Muscidae)

Kirstern L. F. Haseyama A B and Claudio J. B. de Carvalho A
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A Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 19020, Curitiba, 81531-980, Paraná, Brazil.

B Corresponding author. Email: licahaseyama@yahoo.com.br

Invertebrate Systematics 26(4) 399-416 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS12037
Submitted: 7 May 2012  Accepted: 1 August 2012   Published: 27 November 2012

Abstract

We revise the Neotropical snail-feeding Charadrella and add two new species to it, one from Bolivia and one from Brazil. Additionally, we perform a cladistic analysis of the genus, based on morphological characters. Parsimony analyses were carried out under equal and implied weights. Our matrix included 25 species from nine Neotropical and three Afrotropical genera, including the snail-feeding Cariocamyia Snyder (Neotropical), Aethiopomyia Malloch, Alluaudinella Giglio-Tos and Ochromusca Bigot (Afrotropical). The following relationships between the species of Charadrella were recovered: (C. albuquerquei (C. macrosoma (C. malacophaga (C. boliviana, sp. nov., C. nambikwara, sp. nov.)))). In our chosen topology, the clade that includes Charadrella has the following topology (Dichaetomyia (Alluaudinella (Ochromusca (Itatingamyia (Cariocamyia, Charadrella))))), supporting the placement of the genus in the Dichaetomyiinae.

Additional keywords: Cyrtoneurininae, Dichaetomyiinae.


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