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A cornucopia for Sciomyzidae (Diptera)

Authors

VALA Jean-Claude MURPHY Wiliam L. KNUTSON Lloyd ROZKOŠNÝ Rudolf

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Studia dipterologica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Zoology
Keywords Sciomyzidae; worldwide; taxonomy; checklist; type specimens; distribution; biology; immature stages; behavioural groups; phenological groups; DNA
Description A cornucopia, a proposed new and more useful format for checklists of extant and fossil species of organisms with the extensively studied Sciomyzidae (Insecta, Diptera)used as an example. The cornucopia is annotated with compressed information on taxonomy, nomenclature, location of primary type species, zoogeographic distribution, references to distribution maps, behavioural and phenological groups, DNA sequences and references to biology and morphology of immature stages.

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