Stomorhina lunata (Fabricius 1805) ♀ (Diptera Oestroidea Rhiniidæ Rhiniinæ Rhiniini); Senna (Senna) bicapsularis (Linnæus 1758) (Fabales Fabaceæ Cæsalpinioideæ Cassieæ Cassiinæ)

Illustration for a comparative ecophylogenetic analysis of local myrmecofaunas, based on r/K selection theory and intra / interspecific parabiosis / lestobiosis, particularly focused on allochthonous and invasive species.

 

[Stomorhina Rondani 1861: 9 (IT: 1) spp]

[Senna Miller 1754: 284 (IT: 2) spp]

 

Rhiniidæ is a well-corroborated clade, and its recent removal from Calliphoridæ is supported by molecular data. Although its precise phylogenetic placement remains unstable, the family status is advisable, as recent analyses removed this taxon from the other members of traditional Calliphoridæ. Rhiniidæ never form a clade with any of the calliphorid sff, being either the sister group to a clade consisting of tachinids, rhinophorids and calliphorids (max likelihood & Bayesian) or sister group to a clade including the oestrids along with tachinids, rhinophorids and calliphorids.

 

REFERENCES

 

O.M. Sivell 2021: Blow flies.

S.N. Kutty & al. 2010: Calyptratæ phylogeny, p. 629.

F.I. Van Emden 1954: Calliphoridæ, p. 118.

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