Australian Museum Journal Gobryidae, a new family of acalyptrate flies (Diptera: Diopsoidea), and a discussion of relationships of the diopsoid families.
- Shortform:
- McAlpine, 1997, Rec. Aust. Mus. 49(2): 167–194
- Author(s):
- McAlpine, David K.
- Year published:
- 1997
- Title:
- Gobryidae, a new family of acalyptrate flies (Diptera: Diopsoidea), and a discussion of relationships of the diopsoid families.
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 49
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 167
- End page:
- 194
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.49.1997.1264
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 15 October 1997
- Cover date:
- 15 October 1997
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: DIPTERA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 19 November 2008
- Available online:
- 19 December 2008
- Reference number:
- 1264
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (100kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (7695kb PDF)
Abstract
Relationships among families referred to the superfamily Diopsoidea (or Nothyboidea) are discussed from the evidence of comparative morphology, particular attention being given to the Nothybidae, Psilidae, Syringogastridae, and Diopsidae. Some comments are made on selection of autapomorphies in cladistic methodology. The Tanypezidae and Somatiidae are removed from the Diopsoidea to incertae sedis. The new diopsoid family Gobryidae, or hinge flies, is established for the Oriental-Australasian genus Gobrya Walker, previously variously associated with the families Megamerinidae, Nothybidae, and Syringogastridae. A key to the families which have been included in Diopsoidea is given. A systematic arrangement of taxa mentioned in the discussion is appended.