title: Molecular phylogeny of the megadiverse insect infraorder Bibionomorphasensu lato(Diptera).
abstract: The phylogeny of the insect infraorder Bibionomorpha (Diptera) is reconstructed based on the combined analysis of three nuclear (18S, 28S, CAD) and three mitochondrial (12S, 16S, COI) gene markers. All the analyses strongly support the monophyly of Bibionomorpha in both the narrow (sensu stricto) and the broader (sensu lato) concepts. The major lineages of Bibionomorphasensu lato(Sciaroidea, Bibionoidea, Anisopodoidea, and Scatopsoidea) and most of the included families are supported as monophyletic groups. Axymyiidae was not found to be part of Bibionomorpha nor was it found to be its sister group. Bibionidae was paraphyletic with respect to Hesperinidae and Keroplatidae was paraphyletic with respect to Lygistorrhinidae. The included Sciaroideaincertae sedis(exceptOhakuneaEdwards) were found to belong to one clade, but the relationships within this group and its position within Sciaroidea require further study.
authors: Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic.
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Ševčík
authors: Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Kaspřák
authors: Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic.
authors: Michal
authors: M
authors: Mantič
authors: Pacific Northwest Diptera Research Lab , Corvallis , OR , United States of America.
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Fitzgerald
authors: Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic.
authors: Tereza
authors: T
authors: Ševčíková
authors: Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Tóthová
authors: Station Linné , Färjestaden , Sweden.
authors: Mathias
authors: M
authors: Jaschhof
keywords: Lower Diptera; Molecular markers; Phylogenetic analysis; Sciaroidea; Systematics