A taxonomic revision of the Patagonian species of the Dasyhelea mutabilis species group with a phylogenetic analysis of New World species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

DÍAZ F; SPINELLI GR; DONATO M; RONDEROS MM

JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2014 vol. 48 p. 2117 - 2175

0022-2933

We provide a taxonomic revision of the Dasyhelea mutabilis species group inhabiting Patagonia, including diagnoses and identification key for both sexes of all species, descriptions and illustrations of seven new and three previously described species, and a discussion of phylogenetic relationships for each species. In addition, a cladistic analysis of the Neotropicaland Nearctic species of the mutabilis group was performed using TNT version 1.1. It suggeststhat this group is not monophyletic, and this and other results are discussed within a phylogenetic framework.