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
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CONOPINI
LATREILLE, 1802
Type
genus
Conops
Linnaeus, 1758: 604
. Genera included:
Abrachyglossum
Kröber, 1919: 142
,
Conops
,
Leopoldius
Rondani, 1843: 35
. Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphy: male abdominal tergites 3 and 4 broad and parallel-sided (104).
Previous classifications variously included members of
Asiconopini
, Caenoconopini,
Physocephalini
, Siniconopini, and
Tropidomyiini
within
Conopini
. See diagnoses of each of those respective tribes for means to distinguish them from
Conopini
.
Zimina’s (1960)
definition of
Conopini
includes the following key characteristics: facial foveae present; arista three-segmented; vein
R
1
ending near the end of
R
2+3
; basisternum quadrangular. In the present analysis, each of these character states is plesiomorphic to
Conopinae
(
s.l.
).
Smith & Peterson (1987)
include no key characteristics of
Conopini
in their key to Nearctic genera, except that the key characteristics of
Physocephala
are absent.
Species examined –
Abrachyglossum capitatum
;
Conops flavipes
;
Conops vesicularis
;
Leopoldius coronatus
;
Leopoldius punctatum
comb. nov.
(
Neobrachyglossum
);
Leopoldius signatus
.