An enigma no more: an integrated taxonomic revision of Aenigmetopia Malloch reveals novel phylogenetic placement and four new species (Diptera : Sarcophagidae : Miltogramminae)

Nikolas P. Johnston; James F. Wallman; Krzysztof Szpila; Thomas Pape

doi:10.1071/IS19051

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26 June 2020 An enigma no more: an integrated taxonomic revision of Aenigmetopia Malloch reveals novel phylogenetic placement and four new species (Diptera : Sarcophagidae : Miltogramminae)

Nikolas P. Johnston, James F. Wallman, Krzysztof Szpila, Thomas Pape

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Invertebrate Systematics, 34(5):519-534 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19051

Abstract

Aenigmetopia Malloch is the only endemic genus of miltogrammine flesh flies (Diptera : Sarcophagidae) in Australia and, until now it has been known from a single species, A. fergusoni Malloch. This study constitutes the first comprehensive taxonomic revision of Aenigmetopia. Four new species, Aenigmetopia amissa, sp. nov., A. corona, sp. nov., A. kryptos, sp. nov. and A. pagoni, sp. nov., are described through the integration of molecular and morphological data and characters for genus- and species-level diagnoses are given. Aenigmetopia is included in a molecular phylogenetic analysis for the first time and the genus emerges as the sister taxon to Metopia Meigen, in agreement with morphological evidence.

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Nikolas P. Johnston, James F. Wallman, Krzysztof Szpila, and Thomas Pape "An enigma no more: an integrated taxonomic revision of Aenigmetopia Malloch reveals novel phylogenetic placement and four new species (Diptera : Sarcophagidae : Miltogramminae)," Invertebrate Systematics 34(5), 519-534, (26 June 2020). https://doi.org/10.1071/IS19051

Received: 11 September 2019; Accepted: 6 February 2020; Published: 26 June 2020

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