Comparative morphological study and cladistic analysis of Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) based on morphological characters

• Grant number: 16/12441-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2016
• End date: November 07, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Silvio Shigueo Nihei
• Grantee: Rodrigo de Vilhena Perez Dios
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/21357-5 - Comparative morphological study and cladistic analysis of Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) based on morphological characters, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The subfamily Phasiinae was historically grouped based on the fact that their species are mostly parasitoids of the suborder Heteroptera, and they were recently grouped based on male terminalia. Nowadays there are included 12 tribes in Phasiinae, totalizing 105 genera and 639 species, distributed in all biogeographical regions. Both the only Tachinidae morphological phylogeny and the only molecular phylogeny for the subfamily corroborates with the Phasiinae monophyly. However, more and better studies are required for the group, and there are no cladistics analysis using morphological data. The inclusion of Neotropical taxa and a wider range of global genera in the analysis are necessary. A new and exhaustive phylogenetic hypothesis, with a wider taxa sampling can contribute with new phylogenetic and taxonomic studies, besides allowing host-parasite coevolution studies. A new phylogenetic relationship for Phasiinae genera and tribes will be proposed, as well testing the monophyly of the subfamily and its tribes. The project will contribute for a better understanding of Phasiine internal relationships and will propose a new tribal classification system. (AU)

Scientific publications

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PEREZ DIOS, RODRIGO DE VILHENA; DE SANTIS, MARCELO DOMINGOS. A new synonym for Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae), the genus Opsozelia Townsend, 1919, with the description of three new species. ZOOKEYS, n. 880, p. 113-133, OCT 14 2019. (16/12441-0)

LUCINI, T.; PANIZZI, A. R.; DIOS, R. V. P.. Tachinid Fly Parasitism and Phenology of the Neotropical Red-Shouldered Stink Bug, Thyanta perditor (F.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), on the Wild Host Plant, Bidens pilosa L. (Asteraceae). Neotropical Entomology, v. 49, n. 1, p. 98-107, FEB 2020. (16/12441-0)

PEREZ DIOS, RODRIGO DE VILHENA; DE SANTIS, MARCELO DOMINGOS. A new synonym for Zelia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Tachinidae), the genus Opsozelia Townsend, 1919, with the description of three new species. ZOOKEYS, v. N/A, n. 880, p. 21-pg., 2019-10-14. (16/12441-0)

Academic Publications

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

DIOS, Rodrigo de Vilhena Perez. Cladistic analysis of Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae), based on morphological characters. 2020. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.