Revision of Bruchomyiinae...

AutorInnen:

Raxsina Polseela, Rüdiger Wagner, Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte, Björn Rulik & Chamnarn Apiwathnasorn

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Vollständiger Titel:

Revision of Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the Oriental Region, with description of a new genus and species and discussion of putative male/female antagonistic coevolution

ZFMK-Autorinnen / ZFMK-Autoren:

Björn Rulik

Publiziert in:

Insect Systematics & Evolution

Publikationstyp:

Zeitschriftenaufsatz

DOI Name:

10.1163/1876312X-00002183

Keywords:

Taxonomy, Thailand, moth flies, sand flies, genital evolution

Bibliographische Angaben:

Polseela, R.; Wagner, R.; Kvifte, G. M.; Rulik, B. & Apiwathnasorn, C. (in press): Revision of Bruchomyiinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) of the Oriental Region, with description of a new genus and species and discussion of putative male/female antagonistic coevolution. - Insect Systematics & Evolution: in press. DOI 10.1163/1876312X-00002183

Abstract:

We revise the Oriental species of Bruchomyiinae based on type and additional material, with first descriptions of the genus Alexanderia Wagner & Kvifte, gen. nov. and A. thailandensis Wagner, Rulik & Polseela, sp.nov. The genus further comprises Nemapalpus orientalis Edwards, 1928 (type species), Nemopalpus vietnamensis Quate, 1962 and Nemapalpus unicolor Edwards, 1928. Alexanderia thailandensis is described using morphology of males and females and DNA barcodes, whereas A. orientalis Edwards, 1928 comb. nov., A. unicolor Edwards 1928 comb.nov., and A. vietnamensis Quate 1962 comb. nov. are redescribed. The male and female internal genitalia in the genus are discussed in the context of sexual selection, and we suggest that the spermathecal ducts of the female and the basiphallic musculature of the male may be shaped by a male/female coevolutionary arms race.