Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstracts
The phylogenetic position of the New Zealand batfly, Mystacinobia
zelandica (Mystacinobiidae; Oestroidea) inferred from mitochondrial 16S
ribosomal DNA sequence data
D. M. Gleeson*, R. L. J. Howitt*, R. D. Newcomb**
* Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
(correspondence to GleesonD@landcare.cri.nz).
** HortResearch, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, New Zealand.
The New Zealand batfly,
Mystacinobia zelandica, is unique in its
phoretic association with the endemic short-tailed bat,
Mystacina
tuberculata. However, the origins of
Mystacinobia, and its
systematic position within the Diptera, have long been unclear. We have
investigated the phylogenetic position of
Mystacinobia using sequence
data derived from a 511bp region of the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene. A total of
17 taxa, representing 11 families and 14 genera within the Diptera, were
included in the phylogenetic analysis. The resulting phylogenetic trees support
morphological revisions which place
Mystacinobia within the Oestroidea,
most closely associated with the Calliphoridae.
Keywords phylogenetics; Mystacinobia zelandica;
batfly; Oestroidea; mitochondrial DNA
(c) Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand,
Volume 30, Number 2, June 2000, pp 155-168
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