@article {55245, title = {Two new genera of Keroplatidae (Diptera), with an updated key to the World genera of Keroplatini}, journal = {ACTA ENTOMOLOGICA MUSEI NATIONALIS PRAGAE}, volume = {55}, year = {2015}, month = {1.6.2015}, pages = {387{\textendash}399}, chapter = {387}, abstract = {

Two new genera of Keroplatidae (Diptera), Afrokeroplatus gen. nov. and Asiokeroplatus gen. nov., are proposed for two new species, Afrokeroplatus ashleyi sp. nov. from South Africa, and Asiokeroplatus tiger sp. nov. from northern Thailand. An updated key to the World genera of the tribe Keroplatini is presented.

}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Michal Manti{\v c} and Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {51562, title = {New Axymyiidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Mesozoic of East Siberia}, journal = {Polish Journal of Entomology}, volume = {82}, year = {2013}, month = {12/2013}, pages = {257{\textendash}271}, abstract = {

The new species of Axymyiidae Juraxymyia krzeminskii sp. n. and Sinaxymyia szadziewskii sp. n. from the Lower Cretaceous beds of Transbaikalia and Juraxymyia evae sp. n. from the Lower Cretaceous beds (Upper Jurassic not excluded) of Yakutia are described.

}, keywords = {Axymyiidae, Lower Cretaceous; P.-148, new species, Upper Jurassic}, doi = {10.2478/v10200-012-0040-9}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Lukashevich, Elena D.} } @article {50925, title = {Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems related to the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts in zoology, with brief comments on optical discs and on the situation in botany}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3735}, year = {2013}, month = {10/11/2013}, pages = {1-94}, abstract = {

In zoological nomenclature, to be potentially valid, nomenclatural novelties (i.e., new nomina and nomenclatural acts) need first to be made available, that is, published in works qualifying as publications as defined by the International Code of zoological Nomenclature (\“the Code\”). In September 2012, the Code was amended in order to allow the recognition of works electronically published online after 2011 as publications available for the purpose of zoological nomenclature, provided they meet several conditions, notably a preregistration of the work in ZooBank. Despite these new Rules, several of the long-discussed problems concerning the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts have not been resolved. The publication of this amendment provides an opportunity to discuss some of these in detail. It is\ important to note that: (1) all works published only online before 2012 are nomenclaturally unavailable; (2) printed copies of the PDFs of works which do not have their own ISSN or ISBN, and which are not obtainable free of charge or by purchase, do not qualify as publications but must be seen as facsimiles of unavailable works and are unable to provide nomenclatural availability to any nomenclatural novelties they may contain; (3) prepublications online of later released online publications are unavailable, i.e., they do not advance the date of publication; (4) the publication dates of works for which online prepublications had been released are not those of these prepublications and it is critical that the real release date of such works appear on the actual final electronic publication, but this is not currently the case in electronic periodicals that distribute such online prepublications and which still indicate on their websites and PDFs the date of release of prepublication as that of publication of the work; (5) supplementary online materials and subsequent formal corrections of either paper or electronic publications distributed only online are nomenclaturally unavailable; (6) nomenclatural information provided on online websites that do not have a fixed content and format, with ISSN or ISBN, is un- available. We give precise examples of many of these nomenclatural problems. Several of them, when they arise, are due to the fact that the availability of nomenclatural novelties now depends on information that will have to be sought not from the work itself but from extrinsic evidence. As shown by several examples discussed here, an electronic document can be modified while keeping the same DOI and publication date, which is not compatible with the requirements of zoological nomenclature. Therefore, another system of registration of electronic documents as permanent and inalterable will have to be devised. ZooBank also clearly needs to be improved in several respects. Mention in a work of its registration number (LSID) in ZooBank would seem to be possible only if this registration has occurred previously, but some works that have purportedly been registered in ZooBank are in fact missing on this web application. In conclusion, we offer recommendations to authors, referees, editors, publishers, libraries and the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, in the hope that such problems can be limited along with the potential chaos in zoological nomenclature that could result, if careful attention is not paid to the problems we highlight here, from a somewhat misplaced, and perhaps now widespread, understanding that electronic publication of nomenclatural novelties is now allowed and straightforward. We suggest that, as long as the problematic points linked to the new amendment and to electronic publication as a whole are not resolved, nomenclatural novelties continue to be published in paper-printed journals that have so far shown editorial competence regarding taxonomy and nomenclature, which is not the case of several recent electronic-only published journals.

}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.3735.1.1}, url = {http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3735.1.1}, author = {Dubois, Alain and Crochet, Pierre-Andr{\'e} and Dickinson, Edward C. and Nem{\'e}sio, Andr{\'e} and Aescht, Erna and Bauer, Aaron M. and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Bour, Roger and De Carvalho, Marcelo R. and Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure and Fr{\'e}tey, Thierry and J{\"a}ger, Peter and Koyamba, Victoire and Lavilla, Esteban O. and L{\"o}bl, Ivan and Louchart, Antoine and Mal{\'e}cot, Val{\'e}ry and Schatz, Heinrich and Ohler, Annemarie} } @article {50914, title = {A new species of Lygistorrhina Skuse (Diptera: Sciaroidea: Lygistorrhinidae) from South Africa}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, volume = {1}, year = {2013}, month = {16/09/2013}, pages = {e962}, abstract = {

A new species of Lygistorrhina (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Lygistorrhinidae) from South Africa is described and a key for Afrotropical species of the genus is provided.

}, keywords = {Lygistorrhinidae, new species, South Africa, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.1.e962}, url = {http://biodiversitydatajournal.com/articles.php?id=962}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Papp, Laszlo and Hippa, Heikki} } @article {50587, title = {Redescription of the enigmatic Thoracotropis cypriformis Freeman (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)}, journal = {Revista Brasileira de Entomologia}, volume = {56}, year = {2012}, month = {12/2012}, pages = {458-462}, chapter = {458}, issn = {0085-5626}, doi = {10.1590/S0085-56262010000200019}, url = {http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext\&pid=S0085-56262010000200019\&lng=en\&nrm=iso\&tlng=en}, author = {S.S. Oliveira and D.S. Amorim and Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {SYEN:SYEN652, title = {The phylogenetic relationships among infraorders and superfamilies of Diptera based on morphological evidence}, journal = {Systematic Entomology}, volume = {38}, number = {1}, year = {2013}, pages = {164{\textendash}179}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing Ltd}, abstract = {Members of the megadiverse insect order Diptera (flies) have successfully colonized all continents and nearly all habitats. There are more than 154 000 described fly species, representing 10{\textendash}12\% of animal species. Elucidating the phylogenetic relationships of such a large component of global biodiversity is challenging, but significant advances have been made in the last few decades. Since Hennig first discussed the monophyly of major groupings, Diptera has attracted much study, but most researchers have used non-numerical qualitative methods to assess morphological data. More recently, quantitative phylogenetic methods have been used on both morphological and molecular data. All previous quantitative morphological studies addressed narrower phylogenetic problems, often below the suborder or infraorder level. Here we present the first numerical analysis of phylogenetic relationships of the entire order using a comprehensive morphological character matrix. We scored 371 external and internal morphological characters from larvae, pupae and adults for 42 species, representing all infraorders selected from 42 families. Almost all characters were obtained from previous studies but required revision for this ordinal-level study, with homology assessed beyond their original formulation and across all infraorders. We found significant support for many major clades (including the Diptera, Culicomorpha, Bibionomorpha, Brachycera, Eremoneura, Cyclorrhapha, Schizophora, Calyptratae and Oestroidea) and we summarize the character evidence for these groups. We found low levels of support for relationships between the infraorders of lower Diptera, lower Brachycera and major lineages of lower Cyclorrhapha, and this is consistent with findings from molecular studies. These poorly supported areas of the tree may be due to periods of rapid radiation that left few synapomorphies in surviving lineages.}, issn = {1365-3113}, doi = {10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00652.x}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00652.x}, author = {Christine Lambkin and Sinclair, Bradley J. and Pape, Thomas and Gregory W. Courtney and Jeffrey H. Skevington and Rudolf Meier and Yeates, David K. and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Brian M. Wiegmann} } @article {blagoderov_no_2012, title = {No specimen left behind: industrial scale digitization of natural history collections}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {209}, year = {2012}, pages = {133{\textendash}146}, issn = {1313-2970, 1313-2989}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.209.3178}, url = {http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3178/abstract/no-specimen-left-behind-industrial-scale-digitization-of-natural-history-collections}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Kitching, Ian and Livermore, Laurence and Simonsen, Thomas and Smith, Vincent} } @article {48336, title = {Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3148}, year = {2011}, pages = {222-229}, url = {http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03148p229.pdf}, author = {Pape, Thomas and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Mostovski, Mikhail B.} } @article {10.3897/zookeys.150.2193, title = {Scratchpads 2.0: a Virtual Research Environment supporting scholarly collaboration, communication and data publication in biodiversity science}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {150}, year = {2011}, month = {28/11/2011}, pages = {53{\textendash}70}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, abstract = {

The Scratchpad Virtual Research Environment (http://scratchpads.eu/) is a flexible system for people to create their own research networks supporting natural history science. Here we describe Version 2 of the system characterised by the move to Drupal 7 as the Scratchpad core development framework and timed to coincide with the fifth year of the project\’s operation in late January 2012. The development of Scratchpad 2 reflects a combination of technical enhancements that make the project more sustainable, combined with new features intended to make the system more functional and easier to use. A roadmap outlining strategic plans for development of the Scratchpad project over the next two years concludes this article.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, database, e-infrastructure, Taxonomy, Virtual Research Environment}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.150.2193}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.150.2193}, author = {Smith, Vincent and Rycroft, Simon and Brake, Irina and Scott, Ben and Baker, Ed and Livermore, Laurence and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Roberts, David} } @article {45413, title = {Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, year = {2011}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.1012675108}, author = {Brian M. Wiegmann and Michelle D. Trautwein and Isaac S. Winkler and Norman B. Barr and Jung-Wook Kim and Christine Lambkin and Matthew A. Bertone and Brian K. Cassel and Keith M. Bayless and Alysha M. Heimberg and Benjamin M. Wheeler and Kevin J. Peterson and Pape, Thomas and Sinclair, Bradley J. and Jeffrey H. Skevington and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Jason Caravas and Sujatha Narayanan Kutty and Urs Schmidt-Ott and Gail E. Kampmeier and Thompson, F. Christian and Grimaldi, David A. and Andrew T. Beckenbach and Gregory W. Courtney and Markus Friedrich and Rudolf Meier and Yeates, David K.} } @article {44530, title = {Parisognoriste, a new genus of Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) from the Oise amber with redescription of Palaeognoriste Meunier}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {50}, year = {2010}, month = {30/06/2010}, pages = {79-90}, abstract = {A new genus and a new species of Lygistorrhinidae, Parisognoriste eocenica is described from the Eocene Oise amber of the Paris Basin. Palaeognoriste sciariforme Meunier, 1904 and Palaeognoriste affine Meunier, 1912 are re-described. Lectotypes are designated for both species of Palaeognoriste. The phylogenetic positions of the new genus and Palaeognoriste Meunier are discussed. The paper is an example demonstrating a new approach in cybertaxonomy including automatic generation of manuscript within Virtual Research Environment (Scratchpads), semantic enhancements, and parallel release of the publication on paper and on-line accompanied with registration of new taxa with ZooBank.}, keywords = {Eocene, fossil resin, New taxa, phylogeny, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.50.506}, url = {http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/article/view/506/472}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Hippa, Heikki and Nel, A.} } @article {44529, title = {Semantic tagging of and semantic enhancements to systematics papers: ZooKeys working examples}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {50}, year = {2010}, month = {30/06/2010}, pages = {1-16}, abstract = {Th e concept of semantic tagging and its potential for semantic enhancements to taxonomic papers is outlined and illustrated by four exemplar papers published in the present issue of ZooKeys. The four papers were created in different ways: (i) written in Microsoft Word and submitted as non-tagged manuscript (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.504); (ii) generated from Scratchpads and submitted as XMLtagged manuscripts (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.505 and doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.506); (iii) generated from an author{\textquoteright}s database (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.50.485) and submitted as XML-tagged manuscript. XML tagging and semantic enhancements were implemented during the editorial process of ZooKeys using the Pensoft Mark Up Tool (PMT), specially designed for this purpose. The XML schema used was TaxPub, an extension to the Document Type Definitions (DTD) of the US National Library of Medicine Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Suite (NLM). The following innovative methods of tagging, layout, publishing and disseminating the content were tested and implemented within the ZooKeys editorial workflow: (1) highly automated, fine-grained XML tagging based on TaxPub; (2) final XML output of the paper validated against the NLM DTD for archiving in PubMedCentral; (3) bibliographic metadata embedded in the PDF through XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform); (4) PDF uploaded after publication to the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL); (5) taxon treatments supplied through XML to Plazi; (6) semantically enhanced HTML version of the paper encompassing numerous internal and external links and linkouts, such as: (i) vizualisation of main tag elements within the text (e.g., taxon names, taxon treatments, localities, etc.); (ii) internal cross-linking between paper sections, citations, references, tables, and figures; (iii) mapping of localities listed in the whole paper or within separate taxon treatments; (v) taxon names autotagged, dynamically mapped and linked through the Pensoft Taxon Profile (PTP) to large international database services and indexers such as Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), Barcode of Life (BOLD), Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), ZooBank, Wikipedia, Wikispecies, Wikimedia, and others; (vi) GenBank accession numbers autotagged and linked to NCBI; (vii) external links of taxon names to references in PubMed, Google Scholar, Biodiversity Heritage Library and other sources. With the launching of the working example, ZooKeys becomes the first taxonomic journal to provide a complete XML-based editorial, publication and dissemination workfl ow implemented as a routine and cost-efficient practice. It is anticipated that XML-based workflow will also soon be implemented in botany through PhytoKeys, a forthcoming partner journal of ZooKeys. The semantic markup and enhancements are expected to greatly extend and accelerate the way taxonomic information is published, disseminated and used.}, keywords = {semantic enhancements, Semantic tagging, Systematics, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.50.538}, url = {http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/article/view/538/474}, author = {Penev, Lyubomir and Agosti, Donat and Georgiev, Teodor and Catapano, Terrence and Miller, Jeremy and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Roberts, David and Smith, Vincent and Brake, Irina and Rycroft, Simon and Scott, Ben and Johnson, Norman F. and Morris, Robert A. and Sautter, Guido and Chavan, Vishwas and Robertson, Tim and Remsen, David and Stoev, Pavel and Parr, Cynthia and Knapp, Sandra and Kress, W. John and Thompson, F. Christian and Erwin, Terry} } @article {44492, title = {Streamlining taxonomic publication: a working example with Scratchpads and ZooKeys}, journal = {ZooKeys}, volume = {50}, year = {2010}, month = {30/06/2010}, pages = {17-28}, abstract = {We describe a method to publish nomenclatural acts described in taxonomic websites (Scratchpads) that are formally registered through publication in a printed journal (ZooKeys). This method is fully compliant with the zoological nomenclatural code. Our approach supports manuscript creation (via a Scratchpad), electronic act registration (via ZooBank), online and print publication (in the journal ZooKeys) and simultaneous dissemination (ZooKeys and Scratchpads) for nomenclatorial acts including new species descriptions. The workflow supports the generation of manuscripts directly from a database and is illustrated by two sample papers published in the present issue.}, keywords = {ICBN, ICZN, Nomenclature, Online publishing, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.50.539}, url = {http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/article/view/539/473}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Brake, Irina and Georgiev, Teodor and Penev, Lyubomir and Roberts, Dave and Rycroft, Simon and Scott, Ben and Agosti, Donat and Catapano, Terrence and Smith, Vincent} } @article {43893, title = {Asiorrhina, a new Oriental genus of Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) and its phylogenetic position}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2295}, year = {2009}, month = {23/11/2009}, pages = {31-45}, abstract = {A new genus of Lygistorrhinidae, Asiorrhina gen. n., and a new species, Asiorrhina parasiatica sp. n., are described. Asiorrhina asiatica (Senior-White) comb. n. is redescribed and selected as the type species for the new genus. The systematic position of the new genus is discussed. All recent taxa of Lygistorrhinidae form a monophyletic group with the fossil genus Palaeognoriste Meunier as the sister group.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Blagoderov_et_al_2009_zt02295p045.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Hippa, Heikki and Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @inbook {43828, title = {The unique Lower Cretaceous locality Baissa and other contemporaneous fossil insect sites in north and west Transbaikalia}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the First Palaeoentomological Conference Moscow 1998}, year = {1999}, pages = {185-191}, publisher = {AMBA Projects International}, organization = {AMBA Projects International}, address = {Bratislava}, abstract = {The Lower Cretaceous lagerstaette Baissa at Vitim River and other fossil insect sites in Buryat Republic are reviewed in geological, paleontological, taphonomical and paleoenvironmental aspects.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Zherikhin\&al1999_Baissa_ocr.pdf}, author = {Zherikhin, Vladimir V. and Mostovski, Mikhail B. and Vrsansky, Peter and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Lukashevich, Elena D.}, editor = {Vrsansky, Peter} } @article {43827, title = {Fossil and Recent Anisopodomorpha (Diptera, Oligoneura): family Cramptonomyiidae}, journal = {Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia}, volume = {35}, year = {1993}, month = {29 Jan 1993}, pages = {573-579}, abstract = {The key for distinguishing the Recent and fossil genera of the family Cramptonomyiidae is presented. Three new fossil species belonging to two new genera are descri bed: Tega penna gen. et sp. n. from the Upper Jurassic of Mongolia, T. karatavica sp. n. from the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan and Pivus sarus gen. et sp. n. from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia (South Siberia)}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov\&al1993_Anisop_AZC_ocr.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Krzeminska, Ewa and Krzeminski, Wieslaw} } @article {43826, title = {Elliidae, a new fossil family of the infraorder Axymyiomorpha (Diptera)}, journal = { Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia}, volume = {35}, year = {1993}, month = {29 Jan 1993}, pages = {581-591}, abstract = {A new fossil family, Elllidae, of the infraorder Axymyiomorpha is described from Upper Jurassicand Lower Cretaceous of Central Asia. It comprises two new genera: Ellia gen. n. and Polyanka gen. n.; the first with two species, E. colorissima sp. n. and E. khara, sp. n., the second with P. mlnuta sp. n. Age and phylogenetical relations of Elliidae fam. n. is discussed; the family shows wing venation characters linking the Axymyiomorpha and the oldest, TriassicAnisopodomorpha.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Krzeminska\&al_Elliidae_AZC_ocr.pdf}, author = {Krzeminska, Ewa and Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Krzeminski, Wieslaw} } @article {43676, title = {Triassic Diptera and initial radiation of the order}, journal = {Dipterolodical Research}, volume = {6}, year = {1995}, pages = {75-115}, abstract = {Triassic Diptera Nematocera from Central Asia are described: Mabelysia chariest (Limoniidae), Gnomusca molecula and G. renyxa (?Limoniidae, Gnomuscinae subfam. n.), Vymrhyphus tuomikoskii and V. triassicus (Protorhyphidae, Anisopodoidea), Nadiptera kaluginae and N. pulchella (Nadipteridae fam. n., Ptychopteroidea), Vladiptera kovalevi, Dilemmala specula, Psychotipa predicta, and P. depicta (all Vladipteroidea superfam. n. and Vladipteridae fam. n., two latter Psychotipinae subfam. n.), Kuperwoodia benefica and Anemeca liya (both Hennigmatoidea superfam. n. and Hennigmatidae fam. n., the former Kuperwoodiinae subfam. n.). The type of the latter family, Hennigma cladistorum, is described from the Cretaceous of Mongolia, and Nadiptera anachrona from the Jurassic of Kyrgyzstan. Mesozoic Eoptychopteridae are divided into three subfamilies. The Jurassic family Ansorgiidae is transferred into Blephariceroidea; Triassic Alinkidae is provisionally assigned to Pachyneuroidea. The most primitive dipterans, Vladipteridae, are placed in Tipulomorpha. The radiation of Nematocera is discussed (original phylochronogram and modified system given); some infraordinal concepts are criticized. The origin of Diptera from Permian Mecoptera similar to Robinjohniidae is suggested; it{\textquoteright}s hypothesized that the dipteran wing structure was formed mainly due to transfer of mecopteran hindwing characters onto the forewing. }, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Scherbakov\&al_1995_DiptRes_InitialRadiation.pdf}, author = {Shcherbakov, Dmitrii E. and Lukashevich, Elena D. and Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {23896, title = {The Mesozoic family Archizelmiridae (Diptera: Insecta)}, journal = {Journal of Paleontology}, volume = {77}, number = {2}, year = {2003}, note = {Using Smart Source ParsingMarch}, pages = {368-381}, abstract = {A nematocerous fly family known previously only from one species and specimen from the Upper Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan, Archizelmiridae is expanded here to include additional records preserved as compression fossils and ones in amber. The compressions are from the Upper Jurassic of Shar-Teg, Mongolia and Lower Cretaceous of Baissa, Transbaikal, with a new species, Archizelmira baissa, from Baissa. Particularly significant are three finely preserved new species and genera in ambers from the Cretaceous Period: Zelmiarcha lebanensis (Lebanon: Lower Aptian), Archimelzira americana (New Jersey: Turonian), and Burmazelmira aristica (Burma [Myanmar]: mid-Cretaceous). The latter two species interestingly possess stylate antennae, those of Burmazelmira being the only aristate antennae in the order Diptera outside the suborder Brachycera. A cladogram is presented for the relationships among archizelmirid species, cladistic rank of which correlates with stratigraphic age. Transformation series of the antennal flagellum in Archizelmiridae corresponds with one recently hypothesized for the Brachycera, wherein the style and arista are derived from the apical flagellomere(s). The family appears to be a member of the extant group Sciaroidea, which includes fungus gnats and gall midges, though precise relationships remain unclear.}, keywords = {Archimelzira ( Nematocera ) : Gen nov, Archimelzira americana ( Nematocera ) : Sp nov, Archizelmira Rohdendorf 1962, CRETACEOUS, Described from amber, New Jersey, Of family Archizelmiridae, p. 373, Type species Archimelzira americana}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Grimaldi_et_al_2003_Archizelmiridae.pdf}, author = {Grimaldi, David and Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @inbook {23916, title = {New Bibionomorpha from the Triassic of Australia and Jurassic of central Asia with notes on Paraxymyiidae Rohdendorf (Insecta, Diptera).}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the First Palaeoentomological Conference Moscow 1998}, year = {1999}, pages = {11-15}, address = {Moscow }, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1998_Triassic_australia_Jurassic_Asia_Fossil.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov}, editor = {Vrsansky, P.} } @article {23913, title = {Грибные комарики трибы Sciophilini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) из раннего мела Забайкалья [Fungus-gnats of the tribe Sciophilini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia]}, journal = {Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal}, volume = {1}, year = {1995}, note = {Using Smart Source ParsingYanvar{\textquoteright}-Fevral{\textquoteright}-Mart}, pages = {55-63}, abstract = {Baisodicrana ( Mycetophilidae ) : Gen nov, Of Sciophilini, Type species B. incompleta, p. 57, Cretaceous, Baisodicrana incompleta ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp nov, Russia , Cretaceous , P. 57, fig, {\textquoteright}, d, Baisodicrana secunda ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp nov, Russia , Cretaceous , P. 57, fig, {\textquoteright}, d, Ekhiritus ( Mycetophilidae ) : Gen nov, Of Sciophilini, Type species E. disannuus, p. 57, Cretaceous, Ekhiritus disannuus ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp nov, Russia , Cretaceous , P. 58, fig, {\textquoteright}, d, Pollicitator ( Mycetophilidae ) : Gen nov, Of Sciophilini, Type species P. baisae, p. 60, Cretaceous, Pollicitator baisae ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp nov, Russia , Cretaceous , P. 60, fig, {\textquoteright}, d, Prospeolepta ( Mycetophilidae ) : Gen nov, Of Sciophilini, Type species P. trapezia, p. 59, Cretaceous, Prospeolepta simplex ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp nov, Russia , Cretaceous , P. 60, fig, {\textquoteright}, d, Prospeolepta trapezia ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp nov, Russia , Cretaceous , P. 59, fig, {\textquoteright}, d, Syntemna mesozoica ( Mycetophilidae ) : Sp n}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov1995_Sciophilini_PJ_ru_ocr.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {23885, title = {Fossil Sciaroidea (Diptera) in Cretaceous ambers, exclusive of Cecidomyiidae, Sciaridae, and Keroplatidae}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3433}, year = {2004}, note = {Using Smart Source ParsingFebruary 27}, pages = {1-76}, abstract = {The Recent world fauna of Sciaroidea, or fungus gnats, comprises approximately 4000 described species in eight families: Bolitophilidae, Cecidomyiidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Lygistorrhinidae, Mycetophilidae, and Sciaridae. Larvae live primarily in decaying vegetation, feeding on fungal mycelia, and they can be among the most abundant insects of temperate forests. Stem-group families appeared in the Jurassic, with large Tertiary deposits being composed almost entirely of living genera, so the Cretaceous is essential for understanding the origins and diversification of Recent families. Sixty-six specimens were studied from six major deposits of Cretaceous amber, spanning 40 million years from the Early to Late Cretaceous: Lebanon (ca. 125 Ma), northern Spain (120 Ma), northern Myanmar (Burma) (ca. 105 Ma), northern Siberia (two sites, 105 and 87 Ma), New Jersey (90 Ma), and western Canada (80 Ma). New taxa are the following: Docidiadia burmitica (n.gen., n.sp.) (Diadocidiidae); Thereotricha sibirica, (?)T. agapa (n.gen., n.spp.) (Sciaroidea incertae sedis); Archaeognoriste primitiva, Lebanognoriste prima, Plesiognoriste carpenteri, P. zherikhini, Protognoriste amplicauda, P. goeleti, P. nascifoa, Leptognoriste davisi, L. microstoma (n.gen., n.spp.) (Lygistorrhinidae). In Mycetophilidae sensu stricto: Alavamanota burmitina, n.sp. (Manotinae), Neuratelia maimecha, n.sp., Allocotocera burmitica, n.sp., Pseudomanota perplexa, n.gen., n.sp. (Sciophilinae Sciophilini); Apolephthisa bulunensis, n.sp., Synapha longistyla, n.sp., Dziedzickia nashi, n.sp., Saigusaia pikei, n.sp., Syntemna fissurata, n.sp., Gregikia pallida, n.gen., n.sp., Gaalomyia carolinae, n.gen., n.sp. (Sciophilinae Gnoristini); Nedocosia exsanguis, N. sibirica, N. canadensis, N. novacaesarea, n.gen., n.spp.; Ectrepesthoneura succinimontana, E. swolenskyi, n.spp.; Izleiina mirifica, I. spinitibialis, n.gen., n.spp.; Zeliina orientalis, Z. occidentalis, n.gen., n.spp.; Temaleia birmitica, n.gen., n.sp., Lecadonileia parvistyla, n.gen., n.sp.; Disparoleia cristata, n.gen., n.sp.; Hemolia matilei, H. glabra, n.gen., n.spp.; and Protragoneura platycera, n.sp. (Sciophilinae Leiini). Relationships of the fossil genera are phylogenetically assessed with living genera. The Burmese amber fauna contains an inordinate abundance and diversity of sciaroids, perhaps because of a wetter paleoclimate in that region.}, keywords = {CRETACEOUS, Described from amber, Of superfamily Sciaroidea, p. 9, Russia, Thereotricha ( Nematocera ) : Gen nov, Thereotricha sibirica ( Nematocera ) : Sp nov, Thereotricha? agapa ( Nematocera ) : S, Type species Thereotricha sibirica}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Blagoderov_Grimaldi_2004_Fossil_sciaroidea_gen_n.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Grimaldi, David} } @article {23366, title = {New Species of Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Palaeocene Sakhalin Amber, Russia}, journal = {Alavesia}, volume = {1}, year = {2007}, month = {May, 2007}, pages = {27-36}, abstract = {Six new species belonging to six genera (five extant and one extinct) are described form the Palaeocene amber from Sakhalin Island: Sciophila takoyensis sp. nov., Apolephthisa sakhalina sp. nov., Synapha zherikhini sp. nov., Syntemna falcata sp. nov., Nedocosia naiba sp. nov., and Mycomya (M.) palaeocenica sp. nov.}, keywords = {Amber, Diptera, New taxa, Palaeocene, Sakhalin}, isbn = {1887-7419}, url = {http://www.alavesia.net/ALAVESIA_2007_027.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {23362, title = {How Time Flies for Flies: Diverse Diptera from the Triassic of Virginia and Early Radiation of the Order}, journal = {American Museum Novitates}, volume = {3572}, year = {2007}, month = {16/05/2007}, pages = {1-40}, abstract = {The most diverse and best-preserved early fauna of flies (order Diptera) is described from the Late Carnian (Late Triassic, ca. 220 Ma) of Virginia, USA. Complete flies are preserved as aluminosilicate films on very fine-grained shales from the Cow Branch Formation, which is part of the Newark Supergroup of Early Mesozoic rift basins from eastern North America. The dipteran fauna consists of eight families (one new), 11 genera (five new), and 16 species (11 new), and includes the following taxa (Blagoderov and Grimaldi are the authors of all new names): Architipula youngi Krzemi{\'n}ski, Metarchilimonia krzeminskorum n.gen., n.sp., and M. solita n.sp. (Limoniidae); Triassopsychoda olseni n.gen., n.sp. (Psychodidae); Culicomorpha indet.; Yalea argentata (Krzemi{\'n}ski), Y. rectimedia n.sp., Alinka cara Krzemi{\'n}ski (Procramptonomyiidae); Veriplecia rugosa n.sp., Virginiptera certa n.gen., n.sp., V. similis n.sp., V. lativentra n.sp. (Paraxymyiidae); Brachyrhyphus distortus n.gen. n.sp. (Protorhyphidae); ?Crosaphis virginiensis n.sp. (Crosaphididae); and Prosechamyia trimedia n.gen., n.sp., P. dimedia n.sp. (Prosechamyiidae, new family). Particularly significant is a culicomorphan with a long proboscis, which is the earliest fossil record of a structure specialized apparently for blood feeding. Also, Prosechamyia appears to be a stem group to the very diverse infraorder Brachycera, the earliest definitive members of which appear in the Early Jurassic. Phylogenetic relationships of major clades of living and extinct nematocerous Diptera are analyzed, indicating that infraordinal-level diversification was complete by the Late Triassic. Flies did not reach modern levels of ecological abundance until the mid-Jurassic, apparently due to diversification within most infraorders by that time.}, url = {http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/5854}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Grimaldi, David A. and Fraser, Nicholas C.} } @article {21701, title = {К фауне грибных комаров (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) Якутии [To the fauna of fungus-gnats of Yakutia (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)]}, journal = {VESTNIK LENINGRADSKOGO UNIVERSITETA BIOLOGIYA}, number = {1}, year = {1990}, note = {Russian}, pages = {122-123}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1981_90/Blagoderov1990_VLGU_ocr.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21702, title = {A preliminary list of fungus-gnats of Yakutia (Siberia) with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Mycetophiloidea)}, journal = {ANNALS OF THE UPPER SILESIAN MUSEUM IN BYTOM ENTOMOLOGY}, number = {3}, year = {1992}, note = {English}, pages = {45-50}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1992_list_fungus_gnats_of_Yakutia_sp_n.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21703, title = {Dipterans (Mesosciophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaykal}, journal = {Paleontological Journal}, volume = {27}, number = {1A}, year = {1993}, note = {English}, pages = {123-130, illustr.}, keywords = {Baysa, Buryat, Mesosciophilopsis; Transbaykal, Vitim}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1993_Mesosciophilidae_Cretaceous_Transbaikalia_F\%7E1.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21705, title = {Fungus gnats of the tribe Sciophilini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia}, journal = {Paleontological Journal}, volume = {29}, number = {1}, year = {1995}, note = {EnglishSerial}, pages = {72-83}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1995_Sciophilini_Cretaceous_Transbaikalia_Fossil.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21707, title = {Fungus gnats of the tribe Gnoristini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia}, journal = {Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal}, number = {6}, year = {1997}, note = {Russian}, pages = {44-49, illustr.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1996_Gnoristini_Cretaceous_Transbaikalia_Fossil.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21708, title = {Fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia}, journal = {Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal}, number = {6}, year = {1998}, note = {Russian}, pages = {53-59, illustr.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1998_Mycetophilidae_Mongolia_Creataceous_fossil_\%7E1.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21709, title = {Fungus gnats of the tribes Gnoristini and Leiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia}, journal = {Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal}, number = {1}, year = {1998}, note = {Russian}, pages = {58-62, illustr.}, keywords = {CRETACEOUS, MYCETOPHILIDAE; Transbaikalia}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_1996_Gnoristini_Leini_Cretaceous_Transbaikalia_F\%7E1.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21710, title = {Грибные комарики (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) из нижнего мела Монголии}, journal = {Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal}, volume = {1998}, number = {6}, year = {1998}, note = {RussianSerial}, pages = {53-59}, abstract = {The fauna of the Lower Cretaceous Bon-Tsagan locality includes 17 species of fungus gnats. Thirteen new species and one new subgenus are described from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov1998_Mongol_PJ_ru_ocr.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21711, title = {Грибные комарики триб Gnoristini и Leiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) из раннего мела Забайкалья}, journal = {Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal}, volume = {1998}, number = {1}, year = {1998}, note = {RussianSerial}, pages = {58-62}, keywords = {Cretaceous-; Diptera-; Mycetophilidae-;}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov1998_Gn\&Le_PJ_ru_ocr.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21713, title = {New Sciaroidea (Insecta: Diptera) in Lower Cretaceous amber from Spain}, journal = {Studia Dipterologica}, volume = {9}, number = {1}, year = {2002}, note = {Article; PrintEnglish}, pages = {31-40}, abstract = {Two new genera and four new species of fungus gnats from Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber are described: Hegalari antzinako gen. et spec. nov., H. minor spec. nov. (Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae: ?Macrocerini), Alavamanota hispanica gen. et spec. nov. (Mycetophilidae: Manotinae) and Allocotocera xavieri spec. nov. (Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae: Sciophilini).}, keywords = {Diptera-, Insecta-; Arthropods-; Dipterans-True-Flies; Insects-; Invertebrates-, Keroplatidae- : Nematocera-}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Arillo, Antonio} } @article {21715, title = {Two new fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain}, journal = {Geobios (Villeurbanne)}, volume = {34}, number = {1}, year = {2001}, note = {Article; PrintEnglish}, pages = {63-67}, keywords = {Diptera-, Insecta-; Arthropods-; Dipterans-True-Flies; Insects-; Invertebrates-, Mycetophilidae- : Nematocera-}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Blagoderov_\&_Martinez-Delcos_2001_fossil_palaeodcosia_synap\%7E1.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov and Martinez-Delclos, Xavier} } @article {22122, title = {A new genus of Lygistorrhinidae from Vietnam (Diptera: Sciaroidea), and phylogenetic relationships in the family}, journal = {Studia Dipterologica}, volume = {8}, number = {1}, year = {2001}, note = {Article; PrintEnglish}, pages = {43-57}, keywords = {Diptera-, Insecta-; Arthropods-; Dipterans-True-Flies; Insects-; Invertebrates-, Lygistorrhinidae- : Nematocera-}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Grimaldi_\&_Blagoderov_2001_Lygistorrhinidae_sp_n.pdf}, author = {Grimaldi, David and Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21706, title = {Revision of the dipteran family Protopleciidae (Insecta, Diptera) from the Early Jurassic Sogyuty Locality, Kyrgizstan}, journal = {Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal}, number = {2}, year = {1996}, note = {Russian}, pages = {85-90, illustr.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov1996_Protopleciidae_PJ_ru_ocr.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} } @article {21712, title = {New fungus gnats (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Cretaceous and Paleogene of Asia}, journal = {Paleontological Journal}, volume = {34}, number = {Supplement}, year = {2000}, note = {Article; PrintEnglish}, pages = {S355-S359}, keywords = {Diptera-, Insecta-; Arthropods-; Dipterans-True-Flies; Insects-; Invertebrates-, Mycetophilidae- : Nematocera-}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/1991_2000/Blagoderov_2000_CrPalaeogeneAsia.pdf}, author = {Vladimir A. Blagoderov} }