Diverzita, systematika a fylogeneze čeledí Opetiidae a Platypezidae (Insecta: Diptera)

7 CZECH ABSTRACT Tato disertační práce je zaměřena na stlačenkovité čeledi Opetiidae, Platypezidae a na rod Microsania (Insecta: Diptera). Práce obsahuje obecný úvod do systematiky, taxonomie, diverzity, zoogeografie, fylogeneze a biologie stlačenkovitých. Systematika a taxonomie jsou shrnuty na základě historické i současné literatury. Každý důležitý taxon je krátce představen a jsou poskytnuty informace o jeho taxonomii, morfologii, diverzitě, rozšíření a biologii. Další dvě kapitoly se věnují fosilním druhům a výzkumu druhové diverzity. Následuje shrnutí a plán budoucího výzkumu. Závěrečná kapitola se skládá z devíti publikovaných recenzovaných článků (5 v impaktovaných mezinárodních časopisech a 4 v časopisech bez impakt faktoru). První článek je studie molekulární fylogeneze vztahů mezi rody stlačenkovitých. Ve výsledném stromu byla čeleď Platypezidae tvořena ze dvou dobře podpořených fylogenetických linií, první s podčeleděmi Melanderomyiinae + Callomyiinae a druhá tvořený podčeledí Platypezinae. Rod Microsania byl vyčleněn jako samostatná linie vzdálená od Platypezidae, která vykazovala příbuznost s čeledí Opetiidae jako sesterskou skupinou, přičemž obě skupiny společně tvořily sesterskou skupinu k čeledi Platypezidae. Rod Agathomyia byl vyhodnocen jako parafyletický. Rozvětvené sety na nohou...5 ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis is focused on flat-footed fly families Opetiidae, Platypezidae and genus Microsania (Insecta: Diptera). The thesis consists of general introduction to the systematics, taxonomy, diversity, zoogeography, phylogeny, and biology of the flat-footed flies. Systematics and taxonomy are summarized based on historical as well as recent literature. Each important taxon is shortly introduced and information about its taxonomy, morphology, diversity, distribution, and biology is provided. The next two chapters deal with fossil species and research on species diversity. The following part is a summary and plan for future research. Final chapter consists of 9 published peer-reviewed articles (5 in impacted international journals and 4 in journals without impact factor). The first article is a molecular phylogeny study of relationships between genera of flat- footed flies. The results show Platypezidae consisting of two well-supported clades, the first with the subfamilies Melanderomyiinae + Callomyiinae and the second formed by subfamily Platypezinae. Genus Microsania was resolved as a separate lineage distant from Platypezidae which clustered with Opetiidae as its sister group, both together forming a sister group to Platypezidae. The genus Agathomyia proved to be paraphyletic....Department of ZoologyKatedra zoologieFaculty of SciencePřírodovědecká fakult

Identification and taxonomy of the West Palaearctic species of Tachina Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae) based on male terminalia and molecular analyses

The male postabdominal structures of the West Palaearctic species of the genus Tachina are described. A new identification key is given. Characters are illustrated by original pen drawings and deep focus micrographs, some of them for the first time. The results are documented by molecular analyses (based on CO°I, Cyt°b, 12S, and 16S rDNA). This approach solves old taxonomical discrepancies, which resulted in these conclusions: 1) the taxonomic concept ofthe genus was evaluated; 2) the position ofthe present subgenus Tachina s.str. seems to be untenable: T. grossa (Linnaeus, 1758) could be categorized inside existing subgenus Tachina s.str. and a new subgenus could be created for T. magna (Giglio- Tos, 1890); 3) an expected new species from subgenus Eudoromyia was confirmed; 4) T. nigrohirta (Stein, 1924) having been resurrected from synonymy was confirmed as a valid species; 5) some differences between central European and Japanese specimens of T. nupta (Rondani, 1859) were found

Diversity, systematics, and phylogeny of families Opetiidae and Platypezidae (Diptera)

5 ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis is focused on flat-footed fly families Opetiidae, Platypezidae and genus Microsania (Insecta: Diptera). The thesis consists of general introduction to the systematics, taxonomy, diversity, zoogeography, phylogeny, and biology of the flat-footed flies. Systematics and taxonomy are summarized based on historical as well as recent literature. Each important taxon is shortly introduced and information about its taxonomy, morphology, diversity, distribution, and biology is provided. The next two chapters deal with fossil species and research on species diversity. The following part is a summary and plan for future research. Final chapter consists of 9 published peer-reviewed articles (5 in impacted international journals and 4 in journals without impact factor). The first article is a molecular phylogeny study of relationships between genera of flat- footed flies. The results show Platypezidae consisting of two well-supported clades, the first with the subfamilies Melanderomyiinae + Callomyiinae and the second formed by subfamily Platypezinae. Genus Microsania was resolved as a separate lineage distant from Platypezidae which clustered with Opetiidae as its sister group, both together forming a sister group to Platypezidae. The genus Agathomyia proved to be paraphyletic...

A new species of the flat-footed fly genus Callomyia (Diptera: Platypezidae) from South China

Tkoč, Michal (2012): A new species of the flat-footed fly genus Callomyia (Diptera: Platypezidae) from South China. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (1): 289-296, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.533034

New synonymy of Oplodontha minuta (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) with its first record from Socotra Island

Tkoč, Michal, Rozkošný, Rudolf (2014): New synonymy of Oplodontha minuta (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) with its first record from Socotra Island. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54: 429-439, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.531261

Abcharis nom. nov., a new substitute name for Notiocharis Eaton, 1913 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) with world check-list of species

Tkoč, Michal, Ježek, Jan (2013): Abcharis nom. nov., a new substitute name for Notiocharis Eaton, 1913 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) with world check-list of species. Zootaxa 3734 (3): 391-396, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.3.

A new species of the genus Gondwanoscurus, and two new records of non-biting moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Socotra Island

Ježek, Jan, Tkoč, Michal (2012): A new species of the genus Gondwanoscurus, and two new records of non-biting moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Socotra Island. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52: 545-557, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.534034