Species Boundaries in selected Afrotropical hover fly genera

Category: 
Pilot project
Acronym: 
SPEBAS
Coordinator: 
Kurt Jordaens (RMCA)
JEMU partner: 
JEMU team
Project summary: 
The objectives of this projects are: 1) delimit species boundaries in selected hover fly genera using mitogenomics (whole mitochondrial genomes), 2) resolve the phylogenetic relationships within these genera 3) perform cladistic analysis and evaluate the evolutionary trajectory of morphological characters 4) re-describe (new) species from the Afrotropics
Collaborations: 
Alfried Vogler, Imperial College London, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences (Silwood Park), London, United Kingdom Jeroen van Steenis, Hof der Toekomst 48, 3823 HX Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Lab work progress: 
Completed
Data analysis: 
Completed
Starting date: 
2014
Project status: 
Completed

Output:

Peer-reviewed paper:

Mullens, N., Sonet, G., Virgilio, M., Goergen, G., Janssens, S.B., De Meyer, M. et al. (2022) Systematics of Afrotropical Eristalinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) using mitochondrial phylogenomics. Systematic Entomology, 47( 2), 315– 328.

Poster:

Jordaens, K.,  Mullens, N.,  Sonet, G.,  Virgilio, M.,  Vangestel, C.,  Goergen, G. & De Meyer, M. (2018) A mitogenomic approach to resolve the phylogeny of Afrotropical hoverflies (Syrphidae)9th International Congress of Dipterology (Windhoek, Namibia). Book of abstracts. 127.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith