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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MICROCONOPINI
GIBSON
TRIB. NOV.
Type
genus
Microconops
Kröber, 1915e: 77
. Included genera:
Australoconops
Camras 1961: 64
,
Microconops
. Uncontroverted morphological autapomorphy: presence of a medial spine on the epandrium (116).
Gibson
et al
. (2012)
also recover a monophyletic Microconopini using molecular and morphological analysis of species of both
Australoconops
and
Microconops
. Members of Microconopini have not been placed within any tribe in previous classifications.
Schneider, 2010
lists
Microconops ornatus
Kröber, 1915e
as the
type
species for
Microconops
, as designated by
Smith, 1989
. This is incorrect as a
type
was previously designated by Malloch.
Species examined –
Australoconops perbellum
;
Australoconops phaeomeros
;
Australoconops unicinctus
;
Microconops nigrithorax
;
Microconops ornatus
;
Microconops similis
;
Microconops tasmaniensis
.