Jewelled spider flies of North America: a revision and phylogeny of Eulonchus Gerstaecker (Diptera, Acroceridae)

By

Borkent, Christopher J.
Gillung, Jéssica P
Winterton, Shaun L. (Shaun Leslie)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

619

Pages

103-146

Subjects

Antrodiaetidae , Biodiversity , cybertaxonomy , Euctenizidae , Lucid , Phylogeny , small-headed fly , spider parasitoid , tarantula

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.619.8249

 

Abstract

The spider fly genus Eulonchus Gerstaecker is found throughout the Nearctic Region. Six species are recognized and intraspecific morphological variation is documented in several species. A phylogeny of Eulonchus based on DNA sequence data of three molecular markers (COI, CAD, and 16S) is presented and relationships of species are discussed in the light of biogeography and host usage. All six species of Eulonchus are redescribed using natural language descriptions exported from a character matrix, and a key to species is presented. Lectotypes are designated for E. sapphirinus Osten Sacken, E. smaragdinus Gerstaecker, and E. tristis Loew.