Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic analysis of genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae)

• Grant number: 11/14472-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2012
• End date: April 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Dalton de Souza Amorim
• Grantee: Diego Aguilar Fachin
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/02824-0 - The study of subfamily Sarginae (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) focusing the diversity of the genus Merosargus Loew, 1855, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

The family Stratiomyidae includes about 375 genera and 2800 species described for all biogeographic regions. The stratiomyids are brachycerans small to medium (2-28 mm in length), easily recognizable by the distinctive venation, with a small discal cell and concentrated radials in the anterior portion. The family has a great variation, including staining. Some flies of the family, as Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, are sanitary and forensic importance, besides its outstanding ecological importance, feeding on decaying organic matter. However, their taxonomic problems and lack of specialists working on large fauna such as the Neotropical region, often restricting its use to more complex studies. Thus, besides allowing the training of a taxonomist, the study of diversity in the Neotropical region of stratiomyids has urgency due to the size of the group and the lack of specialists in the country. Once the candidate has experience with the subfamily Sarginae, was chosen to analyze the genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, that has 10 described species, of which six to Brazil, and more five new species awaiting description. Never happened any revision of the genus, or phylogenetic and biogeographic study. Also, this project will make a first morphological study of male and female genitalia for the species. The material to be studied will apply specimens borrowed from the MZUSP, the Smithsonian Institution (provided by Dr. Norman Woodley), as well as new collections in the Atlantic Forest, as well as additional material to be asked of collections in the country and abroad. The project will make the description of new species, redescription of known species and a discussion based on phylogenetic analysis of cladistic characters, and parallel studies of species from other genera of the subfamily. (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)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; AMORIM, DALTON DE SOUZA. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae). Zootaxa, v. 4050, n. 1, p. 1-110, NOV 30 2015. (13/02824-0, 10/16740-5, 03/10274-9, 14/05793-1, 11/14472-6, 08/57949-4)

DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN; CECÍLIA KOSMANN; CRISTIANE V. A. PUJOL-LUZ; JOSÉ ROBERTO PUJOL-LUZ. Lista das espécies de Pantophthalmidae e Stratiomyidae (Diptera, Stratiomyioidea) do estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil. IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA, v. 107, 2017-05-02. (11/14472-6, 10/52314-0)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR. FAMILY XYLOPHAGIDAE. Zootaxa, v. 4122, n. 1, p. 302-305, JUN 14 2016. (13/02824-0, 14/05793-1, 11/14472-6)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; AMORIM, DALTON DE SOUZA. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 (Diptera: Xylomyidae). Zootaxa, v. 3827, n. 2, p. 231-257, JUL 3 2014. (11/14472-6, 13/02824-0)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; HAUSER, MARTIN. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Himantigera James, 1982 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), including the description of two new species and a key to the known species. Zootaxa, v. 4531, n. 4, p. 451-498, DEC 14 2018. (13/02824-0, 10/52314-0, 14/05793-1, 15/25736-5, 18/00788-0, 11/14472-6)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR. A new species of the rare Neotropical genus Auloceromyia Lindner, 1969 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) and the first record of the male of A-pedunculata Pimentel & Pujol-Luz, 2000. Zootaxa, v. 4020, n. 3, p. 554-570, SEP 23 2015. (14/05793-1, 11/14472-6, 10/52314-0, 13/02824-0)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; DE ASSIS-PUJOL, CRISTIANE VIEIRA. FAMILY STRATIOMYIDAE. Zootaxa, v. 4122, n. 1, p. 312-341, JUN 14 2016. (14/05793-1, 11/14472-6, 13/02824-0)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; DE ASSIS-PUJOL, CRISTIANE VIERA. FAMILY XYLOMYIDAE. Zootaxa, v. 4122, n. 1, p. 342-345, JUN 14 2016. (13/02824-0, 14/05793-1, 11/14472-6)

FACHIN, DIEGO AGUILAR; EINICKER LAMAS, CARLOS JOSE. A catalogue of the types of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 3918, n. 3, p. 406-414, FEB 12 2015. (14/05793-1, 11/14472-6, 13/02824-0)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FACHIN, Diego Aguilar. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830 (Stratiomyidae: Sarginae), with comments on monophyly of Merosargus Loew, 1855. 2014. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC) Ribeirão Preto.