Abstract Culicoides Latreille biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) cause a significant
biting nuisance to humans, livestock and equines, and are the biological vectors of a range …

Abstract Flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are one of the most species‐rich dipteran families
and provide important ecosystem services such as pollination, biological control of pests …

The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1) gene is the main mitochondrial molecular marker
playing a pivotal role in phylogenetic research and is a crucial barcode sequence. Folmer's …

Molecular phylogenetic studies at all taxonomic levels often infer rapid radiation events
based on short, poorly resolved internodes. While such rapid episodes of diversification are …

The current advances of environmental DNA (eDNA) bring profound changes to ecological
monitoring and provide unique insights on the biological diversity of ecosystems. The very …

Molecular and morphological research often suggest conflicting results. Selective pressure
on certain morphologies can confound understanding of evolutionary relationships. Dacini is …

The first comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Pipunculidae (Diptera) is inferred from
analyses of 6963 bp of DNA sequence data from the following five loci: cytochrome c …

Correct identification of forensically important insects, such as flies in the family
Calliphoridae, is a crucial step for them to be used as evidence in legal investigations …

House flies are one of the best known groups of flies and comprise about 5000 species
worldwide. Despite over a century of intensive taxonomic research on these flies …

Heritable microbes are an important component of invertebrate biology, acting both as
beneficial symbionts and reproductive parasites. Whilst most previous research has …