Taxonomy and cladistic of the genus Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 (Diptera; Streblidae)

• Grant number: 13/05131-6
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Shigueo Nihei
• Grantee: Silvio Shigueo Nihei
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Gustavo Graciolli

Abstract

Belonging to Streblidae, a family of highly specialized ectoparasites of bats, Noctiliostrebla Wenzel, 1966 currently comprises four species divided into two groups: group A, N. dubia (Rudow, 1871) and N. traubi Wenzel, 1966, and group B, N. aitkeni Wenzel, 1966 and N. maai Wenzel, 1966. The genus is included within the subfamily Trichobiinae, along with Paradyschiria Speiser, 1900 considered its sister-group. With a complicated systematic classification and few taxonomic studies, Noctiliostrebla constitutes a very homogeneous group with difficult separation among its species. Restricted to the American continent, its species exhibit a high specificity with regard to the two host species of the genus Noctilio Linnaeus, 1766 (Phyllostomidae, Stenodermatidae), N. albiventris Desmarest, 1818 and N. leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758). There are no phylogenetic studies for Noctiliostrebla and most of the studies involving Streblidae were made to demonstrate the higher-level relationships among families of Hippoboscoidea. The project aims to provide a taxonomic revision of the genus Noctilostrebla Wenzel, 1966 and to carry out a cladistic analysis among its species using morphological and molecular data composed by nuclear and mitochondrial genes. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GILLUNG, JESSICA P.; NIHEI, SILVIO S.. Evolution of Philopotinae, with a revision and phylogeny of the New World spider fly genus Philopota Wiedemann (Diptera, Acroceridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 176, n. 4, p. 707-780, APR 2016. (09/03932-6, 13/05131-6)

NIHEI, SILVIO S.; ANDRADE, MARCOS R.; PAPE, THOMAS; CERRETTI, PIERFILIPPO. The Shannoniella sisters (Diptera: Rhinophoridae). Zootaxa, v. 4061, n. 1, p. 85-92, JAN 5 2016. (13/05131-6)

NIHEI, SILVIO S.. Systematic revision of the ormiine genera Aulacephala Macquart and Phasioormia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae). Zootaxa, v. 3931, n. 1, p. 1-26, MAR 11 2015. (13/05131-6)

NIHEI, SILVIO S.. The misplaced genus Trischidocera Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae). Zootaxa, v. 3926, n. 2, p. 279-286, MAR 5 2015. (13/05131-6)

PEREZ DIOS, RODRIGO DE VILHENA; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. A remarkable new species of Eutrichopoda Townsend, 1908 (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae). Zootaxa, v. 4121, n. 2, p. 194-200, JUN 8 2016. (10/52314-0, 13/05131-6)

NIHEI, SILVIO S.. FAMILY RHINOPHORIDAE. Zootaxa, v. 4122, n. 1, p. 881-883, JUN 14 2016. (13/05131-6)

GIL-SANTANA, HELCIO R.; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO; NUNEZ, ENIO. Lespesia melloi sp nov (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Brazil, a parasitoid of Xanthopastis timais (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, v. 14, SEP 1 2014. (13/05131-6)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; ANTUNES, MANUEL, JR.; TOMA, RONALDO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. Biogeographical events, not cospeciation, might be the main drivers in the historical association between Noctiliostrebla species (Streblidae) and their bulldog bat hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 137, n. 4, p. 20-pg., 2022-11-01. (16/20792-7, 13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; NIHEI, SILVIO S.. Revision of Noctiliostrebla (Diptera: Streblidae), parasites of bulldog bats (Chiroptera: Noctilionidae: Noctilio). Zootaxa, v. 4560, n. 3, p. 483-521, FEB 26 2019. (13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

GAMEZ, NIZA; NIHEI, SILVIO S.; SCHEINVAR, ENRIQUE; MORRONE, JUAN J.. A temporally dynamic approach for cladistic biogeography and the processes underlying the biogeographic patterns of North American deserts. JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH, v. 55, n. 1, p. 11-18, FEB 2017. (13/05131-6)

DIOS, RODRIGO DE V. P.; NIHEI, SILVIO S.. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Ectophasiopsis Townsend, 1915 (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae). EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 334, p. 1-27, JUL 4 2017. (13/05131-6)

ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO CORREA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; TOMA, RONALDO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA. Sex-biased parasitism, host mass and mutualistic bat flies: an antagonistic individual-based network of bat-bat fly interactions. International Journal for Parasitology, v. 52, n. 4, p. 8-pg., 2022-03-06. (11/16621-9, 13/05131-6, 16/20792-7)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. New records of tree roosts of Noctilio albiventris from the Pantanal, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 3, p. 4-pg., 2016-12-01. (13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

GILLUNG, JESSICA P.; NIHEI, SILVIO S.. Evolution of Philopotinae, with a revision and phylogeny of the New World spider fly genus Philopota Wiedemann (Diptera, Acroceridae). ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 176, n. 4, p. 74-pg., 2016-04-01. (13/05131-6, 09/03932-6)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; GRACIOLLI, GUSTAVO; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. New records of tree roosts of Noctilio albiventris from the Pantanal, Brazil. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, v. 51, n. 3, p. 235-238, DEC 2016. (13/05131-6, 11/16621-9)

CALHAU, JULIA; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO; EINICKER LAMAS, CARLOS JOSE. Taxonomic revision of Pseudorhopalia Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae, Rhopaliinae), with description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon. Zootaxa, v. 3884, n. 4, p. 333-346, NOV 17 2014. (13/05131-6, 09/17190-1, 09/07803-6)

MARCELO DOMINGOS DE SANTIS; SILVIO SHIGUEO NIHEI. Review of the New World genus Cholomyia (Diptera, Tachinidae), with a new species from Costa Rica. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 60, n. 3, p. 217-226, 2016-09-00. (13/05131-6, 10/52314-0)

NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO; DE ANDRADE, MARCOS RIBEIRO. REVISION OF TRYPETIDOMIMA (DIPTERA: RHINOPHORIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BRAZILIAN SPECIES. FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST, v. 97, n. 2, p. 724+, JUN 2014. (13/05131-6)

WOLFF, MARTA; GRISALES, DIANA; NIHEI, SILVIO S.. FAMILY SCATHOPHAGIDAE. Zootaxa, v. 4122, n. 1, p. 854-855, JUN 14 2016. (13/05131-6)

NIHEI, SILVIO S.. FAMILY TACHINIDAE. Zootaxa, v. 4122, n. 1, p. 904-949, JUN 14 2016. (13/05131-6)

PAMPLONA, DENISE; NIHEI, SILVIO S.; COURI, MARCIA S.; PONT, ADRIAN C.. Taxonomy of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): revision of the subgenera Morellia s. str. and Parapyrellia Townsend. Zootaxa, v. 4163, n. 1, p. 1+, SEP 13 2016. (13/05131-6)

PEREZ DIOS, RODRIGO DE VILHENA; NIHEI, SILVIO SHIGUEO. Taxonomic revision of the genus Trichopoda Berthold, 1827 (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae), with emphasis on the Neotropical fauna. Zootaxa, v. 4870, n. 1, p. 1-104, NOV 5 2020. (13/05131-6)