@article {1065,
	title = {Phylogenetic relationships of the lower Cyclorrhapha (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S rDNA sequences},
	journal = {Insect Systematics and Evolution},
	volume = {33},
	number = {4},
	year = {2002},
	pages = {445-456},
	abstract = {Cyclorrhaphan Diptera are an extremely successful clade of ecologically and phylogenenetically important flies. Despite their significance the relationships among lower cyclorrhaphans ({\textquoteright}Aschiza{\textquoteright}) remain controversial in spite of several morphologically based phylogenetic analyses. We sequenced a 2.7-kb fragment of 28S rDNA for taxa representing all lower cyclorrhaphan families (except Ironomyiidae), four schizophoran families, and seven empidoid outgroup taxa. Phylogenetic analysis of these data strongly supports a monophyletic Cyclorrhapha (including the enigmatic taxon Opetia nigra) that is divided into two clades - a well-supported Eumuscomorpha (Syrphidae + Pipunculidae + Schizophora), and a weakly-supported Platypezoidea (all non-Eumuscomorpha). Consequently, the former grouping known as Aschiza, which included syrphids and pipunculids, is not a valid monophyletic clade. Within Platypezoidea, most of our analyses place Lonchopteridae as sister group to Opetiidae, and strongly support the monophyly of Sciadoceridae + Phoridae. Among the Eumuscomorpha we do not recover the monophyly of Syrphoidea (Syrphidae + Pipunculidae). Instead, all analyses place Pipunculidae as the sister group to Schizophora. This novel finding has never been proposed based on morphological data and will require more data (both molecular and morphological) and taxa to confirm.},
	keywords = {Dolichopodidae, Empididae, Empidoidea, Eremoneura, molecular systematics, Pipunculidae, Platypezoidea, Syrphidae, Syrphoidea},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOR13900025261},
	author = {Collins, Kenneth P. and Wiegmann, Brian M.}
}
@article {1638,
	title = {Phylogenetic revision of Australian members of the Allomethus genus group (Diptera: Pipunculidae)},
	journal = {Insect Systematics and Evolution},
	volume = {33},
	number = {2},
	year = {2002},
	note = {Copenhagen, July 2002. ISSN 1399-560X},
	pages = {133-161},
	address = {Stenstrup, Denmark},
	abstract = {The Australian species of Allomethus and Claraeola are revised and include one described species, Claraeola erinys (Perkins), and five new species: Allomethus unicicolis sp. n., Claraeola cyclohirta sp. n., C. sicilis sp. n., C. spargosis sp. n., and C. yingka sp. n.. Claraeola hylaea (Perkins) is proposed to be a synonym of C. erinys (Perkins). A key to species is provided and male and female genitalia are illustrated. The Australian species are placed phylogenetically into a world context using available taxa within the Allomethus genus group. The phylogenetic relationships are discussed in light of a cladistic analysis involving 22 taxa and 60 characters.},
	keywords = {Allomethus, Australia, Claraeola, new species, phylogeny, Pipunculidae, revision},
	author = {Skevington, Jeffrey H.}
}
