Portions of the large ribosomal subunit RNA gene (28S rDNA) encompassing the D1 and the D7 region were obtained from 16 dipteran species and families to reconstruct early phylogenetic events in the order Diptera. For outgroup comparison, the corresponding sequences were used from representative taxa of the Siphonaptera, Mecoptera, and Lepidoptera. A subset of 488 unambiguously alignable sites w...

BACKGROUND The genus Boletina is a species rich group of fungus gnats. Members of the genus are mainly known from temperate, boreal and arctic biomes. Phylogeny of the genus is still poorly resolved, dozens of species are insufficiently described and undescribed species are often discovered, especially from samples taken from the boreal zone. NEW INFORMATION Four new species are described. Bo...

The Manota species in the Congo basin are reviewed and 17 species are recorded. The following five new species are described: M. grootaerti sp. n., M. peltata sp. n., M. peltigera sp. n., M. reclinata sp. n., and M wittei sp. n. New records of the following species are presented: M. freerki Hippa & Kurina, 2012, M. issongo Matile, 1972, M. kibaleensis Hippa & Kurina, 2012, M. lachaisei Matile, ...

Mycomya Rondani specimens from the Himalayas, mostly Nepal and Myanmar, are revised. Altogether four species of the subgenus Cesamya Koçak & Kemal and eleven species of the subgenus Mycomyopsis Väisänen are recorded from the Himalayas and the Indian subcontinent. The paper includes a key to the Himalayan species of Mycomya of the two subgenera. The following fourteen new species are described: ...

Abstract. A new, extinct species of Allodia Winnertz is described from early Miocene amber Ethiopia. paleoafricana sp. nov. mostly characterized by the scutum with strong anteromarginal, dorsocentral, and lateral setae wing stem M-fork slightly shorter than vein r–m base M4–CuA fork aligned r–m. The assignment to any two subgenera stricto sensu or Brachycampta remains equivocal as fossil interm...

Landscape-scale agricultural intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss. Highly mobile species, such as aerial invertebrates may be disproportionately affected by land cover at large spatial scales due to their ability disperse. Assessing the efficacy environmentally friendly farming, Agri-Environment Schemes (AES), therefore, requires establishing influence beyond focal farms or fi...