Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae

The genus Atherimorpha White, 1915 is a Gondwanan relic, occurring in South America, Southern Africa and Australia. Females are rarely collected, and are not described for more than half of the known species. The female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg, 1956 was collected for the first time in...

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Autores principales: Midgley, John M., Muller, Burgert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719335
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107357
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description The genus Atherimorpha White, 1915 is a Gondwanan relic, occurring in South America, Southern Africa and Australia. Females are rarely collected, and are not described for more than half of the known species. The female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg, 1956 was collected for the first time in 2021 and is described here, along with a redescription of the male. We describe the differences from the male, with the reduced wings and poorly defined scutellum the most noteworthy. The female of A.latipennis represents the first recorded case of brachyptery in the family Rhagionidae. Possible drivers of brachyptery in Afrotropical Diptera are briefly discussed.
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spelling pubmed-105024822023-09-16 Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae Midgley, John M. Muller, Burgert S. Zookeys Research Article The genus Atherimorpha White, 1915 is a Gondwanan relic, occurring in South America, Southern Africa and Australia. Females are rarely collected, and are not described for more than half of the known species. The female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg, 1956 was collected for the first time in 2021 and is described here, along with a redescription of the male. We describe the differences from the male, with the reduced wings and poorly defined scutellum the most noteworthy. The female of A.latipennis represents the first recorded case of brachyptery in the family Rhagionidae. Possible drivers of brachyptery in Afrotropical Diptera are briefly discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2023-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10502482/ /pubmed/37719335 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107357 Text en John M. Midgley, Burgert S. Muller https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae
title Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae
title_full Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae
title_fullStr Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae
title_full_unstemmed Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae
title_short Description of the female of Atherimorphalatipennis Stuckenberg (Diptera, Rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in Rhagionidae
title_sort description of the female of atherimorphalatipennis stuckenberg (diptera, rhagionidae): the first record of brachyptery in rhagionidae
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10502482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37719335
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1178.107357
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