Diptera of Canada

The Canadian Diptera fauna is updated. Numbers of species currently known from Canada, total Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), and estimated numbers of undescribed or unrecorded species are provided for each family. An overview of recent changes in the systematics and Canadian faunistics of major groups...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 819; no. 819; pp. 397 - 450
Main Authors Savage, Jade, Borkent, Art, Brodo, Fenja, Cumming, Jeffrey M, Gregory Curler, Currie, Douglas C, deWaard, Jeremy R, Gibson, Joel F, Hauser, Martin, Laplante, Louis, Lonsdale, Owen, Marshall, Stephen A, O'Hara, James E, Sinclair, Bradley J, Skevington, Jeffrey H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 24.01.2019
Subjects
Americas
Animalia
Cenozoic
Diptera
Distribution
Genetic aspects
Identification and classification
Life history
Species
Systematics
Varieties
Zoology
Canada
flies
biodiversity assessment
Biota of Canada
systematics
Diptera
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Summary:The Canadian Diptera fauna is updated. Numbers of species currently known from Canada, total Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), and estimated numbers of undescribed or unrecorded species are provided for each family. An overview of recent changes in the systematics and Canadian faunistics of major groups is provided as well as some general information on biology and life history. A total of 116 families and 9620 described species of Canadian Diptera are reported, representing more than a 36% increase in species numbers since the last comparable assessment by JF McAlpine et al. (1979). Almost 30,000 BINs have so far been obtained from flies in Canada. Estimates of additional number of species remaining to be documented in the country range from 5200 to 20,400.
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Academic editor: D. Langor
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.819.27625