Background Blowflies are ubiquitous insects, often shiny and metallic, and the larvae of
many species provide important ecosystem services (eg, recycling carrion) and are used in …

The Calyptratae, one of the most species‐rich fly clades, only originated and diversified after
the Cretaceous–Palaeogene extinction event and yet exhibit high species diversity and a …

Insect parasites and parasitoids are a major component of terrestrial food webs. For
parasitoids, categorization is whether feeding activity is located inside or outside its host, if …

The diverse superfamily Oestroidea with more than 15 000 known species includes among
others blow flies, flesh flies, bot flies and the diverse tachinid flies. Oestroidea exhibit …

Roraima is a Brazilian state located in the northern portion of the Amazon basin, with few
studies regarding its biodiversity. The Ecological Station of Maracá (Brazil, state of Roraima) …

Calyptrate flies include about 22,000 extant species currently classified into Hippoboscoidea
(tsetse, louse, and bat flies), the muscoid grade (house flies and relatives) and the …

A phylogenetic analysis of selected oestroid taxa based on 66 morphological traits and
sequences from three nuclear protein‐coding genes (CAD, MAC, MCS) resolved the …

Tachinidae is the second most species‐rich family of Diptera. It comprises four subfamilies,
and all of its members have parasitoid habits. We present the first phylogenomic analysis of …

Phylogenetic relationships within the oestroid subclades Rhinophorinae (Calliphoridae) and
Polleniidae were reconstructed for the first time, applying a Sanger sequencing approach …

Abstract The Neotropical family Mesembrinellidae is revised. A total of 53 valid, extant
species are included in the family, including 15 described as new and 38 redescribed based …