Nearctic Anthomyzidae: a monograph of Anthomyza and allied genera (Diptera)
Author
Roháćek, Jindřich
Author
Barber, Kevin N.
text
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2016
suppl.
2016-12-30
56
1
412
journal article
9539
10.5281/zenodo.4272829
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The
Arganthomyza duplex
group
The group was established by
ROHÁĆEK & BARBER (2013)
and diagnosed by two apomorphic features: (1) the nlum of the distiphallus basally widened and (2) the apex of the ventral receptacle vermicularly twisted. The latter character is reminiscent of the structure of the ventral receptacle of the majority of
Anthomyza
species (see below). This homoplasy probably evolved independently in the
A. duplex
group from the distinctly ancestral form with a simple apex of the ventral receptacle occurring in the
A. socculata
group which is the sister group of the
A. duplex
group as demonstrated by both the morphological (
ROHÁĆEK & BARBER 2013
:
Fig. 173
) and the molecular (
ROHÁĆEK & TÓTHOVÁ 2014
:
Fig. 1
) data analyses. The group comprises three Nearctic species:
A. acuticuspis
,
A. bivittata
and
A. duplex
.