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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Nearctic Species"”.
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A taxonomic revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Bezzia (Diptera: ceratopogonidae)
… of descriptions and illustrations of the species of Bezzia in the Nearctic Region. Forty-three species are reviewed, 14 of which are new. Two species are thought to be junior synonyms. A new subgeneric name, Aspinabezzia, is proposed for the already occupied Probezzia of the authors. A key …
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A biosystematic revision of the Nearctic species of the mayfly genus Isonychia (Ephemeroptera: oligoneuriidae)
The Nearctic species of the genus Isonychia Eaton are revised. Eighteen species are recognized, of which three are described as new; eleven species names are placed in synonymy. Isonychia campestris McDunough is recognized as a fully valid geographically restricted species. Two subgenera, Isonychia …
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More than meets the eye: A taxonomic revision of the Nearctic species in the eye-gnat genus Amiota Loew (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
… This thesis presents a taxonomic revision of the Nearctic species of the genus <em>Amiota</em> Loew. Twenty-three species are identified as being new to science for publication at a later date. This increases the total species known in the Nearctic to 34. <em>Amiota steganoptera</em> Malloch is …
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A Phylogenetic Assessment of Thereva Latreille (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae)
… molecular and morphological data to propose a species-level phylogeny for Thereva to identify biogeographical patterns, and (3) using specimens and specimen label data to complete a taxonomic revision of Thereva for the Nearctic Region. The first phase of phylogenetic analyses addressed …
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Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Argynnis Fabricius (1807) including North American Speyeria Scudder (1872)
… American Speyeria butterflies are a group whose species hypotheses are confounded by shared wing color patterns between sympatric populations of closely related recognized species due to a putatively recent origin in evolutionary time. Previous studies of this group and the closely related …
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Systematics and Biogeography of the Sawfly Genus Pristiphora Latreille (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in North America
… cold-adapted insects that reach their greatest species richness in temperate, boreal, and arctic/subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere – a pattern that runs counter to that of most other organisms. The reasons for this pattern remain unclear, just as the full extent of the subfamily’s …
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Aphytophagy in the Miletinae (Lycaenidae): Phylogeny, Ecology, and Conservation
… Miletinae, where all of the approximately 150 species are presumed or known to be aphytophagous. With the exception of the North American species <em>Feniseca tarquinius </em>, the subfamily is restricted to the Old World, in particular, Africa and South-East Asia. The focus of this study was a …