Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Subfamilies Asilinae and Stichopogoninae (Diptera, Asilidae) Based on the Mitochondri
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Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Subfamilies Asilinae and Stichopogoninae (Diptera, Asilidae) Based on the Mitochondrial Genes 16S and 12S rDNA and Nuclear 18S rDNA T. V. Galinskayaa, b, *, D. M. Astakhovc, †, E. A. Propistsovaa, and V. A. Gorina aMoscow
State University, Moscow, 119234 Russia All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center, Moscow oblast, Bykovo, 140150 Russia c Institute of Natural Sciences, Volgograd State University, Volgograd, 400062 Russia *e-mail: [email protected] b
Received September 12, 2019; revised October 3, 2019; accepted November 26, 2019
Abstract—The phylogenetic relationships of the subfamilies Asilinae and Stichopogoninaeare are discussed in this article, and the phylogeny of the subfamily Asilinae and some genera of the subfamily Stichopogoninae are also reconstructed on the basis of molecular data. The systematic position of the genera Eremodromus Zimin, 1926, Pamponerus Loew, 1849, Antipalus Loew, 1849, Erax Scopoli, 1763, Leleyellus Lehr, 1995, Filiolus Lehr, 1967, Neomochtherus Osten-Sacken, 1878, Aneomochtherus Lehr, Dysmachus Loew, 1860, and Polysarca Schiner, 1866 is revealed and the relationship between them is shown on the basis of molecular data. Some species of the subfamily Dasypogoninae and Leptogastrinae are also included in the analysis. Keywords: robber flies, Asilidae, systematics, phylogeny DOI: 10.1134/S1022795420080049
INTRODUCTION The family of robber flies, Asilidae (Diptera, Ortorrapha), has more than 7500 species [1] and is one of the largest in the Diptera order. The size of robber flies can vary from 5 to 60 mm [2]. Robber flies are active predators and can live in one type of ecosystem or in two or more types of plant communities [3–10]. In the course of this work, for the first time, a molecular genetic analysis of a number of little-known Palearctic species from the subfamilies Asilinae, Stichopogoninae, Dasypogoninae and Leptogastrinae was performed. Of particular interest is the position of the genus Molobratia Hull, 1958 in the Asilidae family. The Palaearctic representatives of the tribe Asilini Latreille, 1802 (Polysarca neptis Loew, 1873) were also examined. Currently, there are several points of view on the location of the genus Molobratia Hull, 1958 as part of the Asilidae family. Geller-Grimm [11] and Dikov [2, 12] consider this genus as part of the subfamily Dasypogoninae. Gall [13] reviewed the genus Molobratia Hull in the tribe of Dioctriini. Lehr raised the status of the tribe Dioctriini to the subfamily Dioctriinae and singled out a separate tribe Molobratiini as its member [14–16]. Along with the genus Molobratia, we included in the analysis the typical genus of the sub† Deceased.
family Dasypogon Meigen, 1803 (Dasypogon diadema (Fabricius, 1781)) and representatives of two other interesting genera Leptarthrus Stephens, 1829 and Pegesimallus Loew, 1858 (Leptarthrus brevirostris (Meigen, 1804) and Pegesimallus mesasiaticus (Lehr, 1958)). According to the latest data, the genus Pegesimallus refers to the tribe Megapodini and subtri
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