Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of all genera of Conopidae (Diptera) based on morphological data
Author
Gibson, Joel F.
Author
Skevington, Jeffrey H.
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Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2013
2013-01-18
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00873.x
journal article
10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00873.x
0024-4082
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GYROCONOPINI
GIBSON
TRIB. NOV.
Type
genus
Gyroconops
Camras, 1955b: 174
. Included genus:
Gyroconops
. Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphy: vertex large, square, and setose, with ocelli displaced forward (7).
Previously placed as a subgenus of
Physoconops
, members of
Gyroconops
have been variously placed within
Conopini
and
Physocephalini
. As presently defined, members of Gyroconopini can be distinguished from
Physoconops
by the characteristic shape of the vertex and frons, the developed scutellum, the non-petiolate male abdomen, the presence of maxillary palpi, the absence of a notch in the posterior margin of the eye, and the absence of a characteristic dark anterior/hyaline posterior wing pattern.
Species examined –
Gyroconops abbreviatus
comb. nov.
(
Physoconops
);
Gyroconops parvus
comb. nov.
(
Physoconops
);
Gyroconops sylvosus
comb. nov.
(
Physoconops
).