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Group of flies

Cyclorrhapha
Musca domestica
Musca domestica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Clade: Eremoneura
(unranked): Cyclorrhapha
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Cyclorrhapha is an unranked taxon within the infraorder Muscomorpha. They are called "Cyclorrhapha" ('circular-seamed flies') with reference to the circular aperture through which the adult escapes the puparium. This is a circumscriptional name that has significant historical familiarity, but in the present classification, this name is synonymous with the more recent "Muscomorpha".

Cyclorrhapha underwent major adaptive radiation that led to the creation of over 72 000 species. These species share multiple attributes such as the 360-degree rotation of the male terminalia.

Cyclorrhapha exhibits significant morphological and molecular diversity, including notable changes in anterior egg development, as exemplified by the role of the exuperantia (exu) gene in Anastrepha fraterculus, a species of great agricultural importance. Additionally, phylogenetic analyses suggest that the larval structures of Cyclorrhapha have evolved in response to varying food consistencies, reflecting their ecological adaptations.


References

  1. Borror, Donald J.; Triplehorn, Charles A.; Johnson, Norman F. (2009). An Introduction to the Study of Insects, Sixth Edition. Saunders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Philadelphia. pp. 501, 548. ISBN 978-0-03-025397-3.
  2. Borror, Donald J.; Triplehorn, Charles A.; Johnson, Norman F. (2009). An Introduction to the Study of Insects, Sixth Edition. Saunders College Publishing, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers, Philadelphia. p. 548. ISBN 978-0-03-025397-3.
  3. Marchiori, Carlos Henrique (30 September 2021). "Study of Diptera species of medical, sanitary, veterinary, and economic importance in Brazil: Bibliographic summary" (PDF). Open Access Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. 1 (2): 066–078. doi:10.53022/oarjms.2021.1.2.0032.
  4. de Oliveira, Janaina Lima; Sobrinho-Junior, Iderval Silva; Chahad-Ehlers, Samira; de Brito, Reinaldo Alves (11 September 2017). "Evolutionary coincidence of adaptive changes in exuperantia and the emergence of bicoid in Cyclorrhapha (Diptera)". Development Genes and Evolution. 227 (5): 355–365. doi:10.1007/s00427-017-0594-3. PMC 5597691. PMID 28894941.
  5. Oliveira, J. L. de, Sobrinho-Junior, I. S., Chahad-Ehlers, S., & Brito, R. A. de. (2017). Evolutionary coincidence of adaptive changes in Exuperantia and the emergence of bicoid in Cyclorrhapha (Diptera) - Development Genes and Evolution. SpringerLink. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00427-017-0594-3
  6. Rotheray, G. E., & Gilbert, F. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships and the larval head of the lower Cyclorrhapha (Diptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 153(2), 287–323. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00395.x
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Cyclorrhapha


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