Asiloid Flies | deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history

deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history

Asiloid Flies
deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history

Sample of Asiloid Flies

Web-based identification keys to Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae taxa, which have either been adapted from previously published keys and converted for web-based dissemination or the keys are more recent and developed specifically for web-based dissemination.

The software Lucid Phoenix is used to import paper-based keys or to create web-based dichotomous keys. Some of the previously published keys are illustrated with original drawings from the publication, added images, or links to respective web-sites with images. Multi-access, matrix-based identification keys are developed with Lucid Builder (version 3.5).

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Displaying 24 records

Mydini (Wilcox, Papavero, and Pimentel 1989)

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Taxon coverage: Mydidae: Mydinae: Baliomydas, Chrysomydas, Ceriomydas, Gauromydas, Mapinguari, Mydas, Protomydas, Stratiomydas, Utinga (9 genera with 54 species)

Geographical coverage: : New World

This key is based on the revision in , which can be downloaded at .

Type of key:

dichotomous (powered by Lucid Phoenix)

Notes:

- Mydas ventralis couplets shortened
- The key to the females of the Mydas interruptus group is not included. Mydas floridensis can only be keyed out using the originally published key.
- keys to Baliomydas & Ceriomydas from Papavero and Wilcox 1971.
- Baliomydas tricolor not included as no specimens had been studied.
- Ceriomydas vespoides is not in the original key by Wilcox and Papavero 1971, but Ceriomydas darlingtoni is found twice so that T. Dikow resolved the key based on the included descriptions.

Pseudonomoneura (Fitzgerald and Kondratieff 1995, 1997)

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Taxon coverage: Mydidae: Leptomydinae: Pseudonomeura (1 genera with 7 species)

Geographical coverage: Nearctic: Canada, Mexico, USA

This key is based on the revision in , which can be downloaded at .

Type of key:

dichotomous (powered by Lucid Phoenix)

Notes:

- Intern Sara Parilo updated this key (July 2011) and attached images to all characters and species.
- This key relies heavily on male terminalia and it is best to have a male specimen for identification.
- You can download the original publications with the descriptions and keys as a PDF from the BHL: Fitzgerald and Kondratieff 1995 and Fitzgerald and Kondratieff 1997.

Apiocera (Pyrocera) (Cazier 1982, 1985)

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Taxon coverage: Apioceridae: : Apiocera (Pyrocera) (1 genera with 64 species)

Geographical coverage: Nearctic: Canada, Mexico, USA

This key is based on the revision in , which can be downloaded at .

Type of key:

dichotomous (powered by Lucid Phoenix)

Notes:

- This key is only for males and relies heavily on male terminalia. Therefore, dissected specimens are best.
- The terminology for the male terminalia follows Yeates and Irwin 1996.
- The illustrations are taken from Cazier 1982 and 1985.
- You can download the original publications with the descriptions and keys as a PDF from the AMNH library: Cazier 1982 and Cazier 1985.
- The distribution (by country and state) has been added for each species.
- You can use the Filter tool (blue funnel symbol in key) to restrict the key to those species occurring in certain states, i.e., Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Arizona, California.

Megascelus (Artigas 1973)

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Taxon coverage: Mydidae: Megascelinae: Megascelus (1 genera with 5 species)

Geographical coverage: Neotropical: Argentina, Chile

This key is based on the revision in , which can be downloaded at .

Type of key:

dichotomous (powered by Lucid Phoenix)

Notes:

- This key is an English translation of the original key published in Spanish.
- You can download the original publication with the descriptions and key as a PDF from the BHL: Artigas 1973.

Mydini (Wilcox, Papavero, and Pimentel 1989)

Pseudonomoneura (Fitzgerald and Kondratieff 1995, 1997)

Apiocera (Pyrocera) (Cazier 1982, 1985)

Megascelus (Artigas 1973)

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