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Cyclorrhapha

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Tree from McAlpine (1989), in Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume 3.
Containing group: Brachycera

References

Griffiths, G.C.D. 1994. Relationships among the major subgroups of Brachycera (Diptera): A critical review. The Canadian Entomologist, 126:861-880.

King, D. G. 1991. The origin of an organ: Phylogenetic analysis of evolutionary innovation in the digestive tract of flies (Insecta: Diptera). Evolution 45(3): 568-588.

McAlpine, J.F., B.V. Peterson, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, and D.M. Wood (eds.). 1981, 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Vol. 1 & 2. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monographs 27 & 28.

McAlpine, J.F and D.M. Wood (eds.). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Vol. 3. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Monograph 32.

Sinclair, B. J. 1992. A phylogenetic interpretation of the Brachycera (Diptera) based on the larval mandible and associated mouthpart structures. Systematic Entomology 17(3): 233-252.

Vossbrinck, C. R. and S. Friedman. 1989. A 28s ribosomal RNA phylogeny of certain cyclorrhaphous Diptera based upon a hypervariable region. Systematic Entomology 14(4): 417-431.

Wada, S. 1991. Morphological evidence for the direct sister group relationship between the Schizophora and the Syrphoidea (Aschiza) in the phylogenetic systematics of the Cyclorrhapha (Diptera: Brachycera). Journal Of Natural History 25(6): 1531-1570.

Wiegmann, B.M., C. Mitter, and F.C. Thompson. 1993. Evolutionary origin of the Cyclorrhapha (Diptera): tests of alternative morphological hypotheses. Cladistics, 9:41-81.

Title Illustrations
Scientific Name Toxomerus marginatus
Location North Carolina, United States
Acknowledgements Courtesy InsectImages.org (#1366029)
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright © Susan Ellis
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