Taxonomic approach to the tachinid flies Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Dinera fuscata Zhang and Shima using molecular and morphometric data

LUTOVINOVAS, Erikas, Igor MALENOVSKÝ, Andrea TÓTHOVÁ, Joachim ZIEGLER and Jaromír VAŇHARA. Taxonomic approach to the tachinid flies Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Dinera fuscata Zhang and Shima using molecular and morphometric data. Journal of Insect Science. Library of the University of Arizona, 2013, vol. 2013, No 139, p. 1-18. ISSN 1536-2442.

Basic information

• Original name: Taxonomic approach to the tachinid flies Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) and Dinera fuscata Zhang and Shima using molecular and morphometric data
• Name in Czech: Taxonomické chápání tachin druhů Dinera carinifrons (Fallén) (Diptera: Tachinidae) a Dinera fuscata Zhang a Shima při využití molekulárních a morfometrických dat.
• Authors: LUTOVINOVAS, Erikas (440 Lithuania, belonging to the institution), Igor MALENOVSKÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Andrea TÓTHOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Joachim ZIEGLER (276 Germany) and Jaromír VAŇHARA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Insect Science, Library of the University of Arizona, 2013, 1536-2442.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.921
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/13:00070573
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• UT WoS: 000327939700003
• Keywords in English: 12S;16S rDNA;character evaluation;lectotype designation;parasitoids;species delimitation
• Tags: AKR, rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

Molecular phylogenetic and traditional morphometric methods were applied to examine six Palaearctic taxa of the taxonomically difficult tachinid fly genus Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), with particular reference to D. carinifrons (Fallén) and D. fuscata Zhang and Shima. Results of a phylogenetic analysis based on the mitochondrial markers 12S and 16S rDNA and multivariate statistical analyses of 19 morphometric characters were used to delimit both species. A lectotype was designated for D. carinifrons to stabilize the nomenclature in the group. Dinera carinifrons has a transpalaearctic distribution and is present in Central Europe, especially in high altitudes of the Alps. It differs from the similar and closely related D. fuscata in that it has a slightly larger body size, a dense greyish microtrichosity on the body, and different head proportions. Dinera fuscata, as delimited here, is widespread in the Palaearctic region, including Europe. Slight differences in both molecular and morphometric characters were found between western (Europe and Iran) and eastern (China and Japan) populations of D. fuscata, which are interpreted as an intraspecific variation. Differential diagnosis between D. carinifrons and D. fuscata is provided in the form of a revised portion of the determination key to the Palaearctic Dinera by Zhang and Shima (2006). CETPO project CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0166 (partly).

Abstract (in Czech)

Molekulárně fylogenetické a tradiční morfometrické metody byly využity ke studiu šesti palearktických druhů tachin rodu Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), se zvláštním zřetelem na D. carinifrons (Fallén) a D. fuscata Zhang a Shima. Částečně i CETPO project CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0166.