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Next-generation systematics for challenging taxa: unravelling phylogeny and species delimitation in the subfamily Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

2015/17/B/NZ8/02453

Keywords:

NGS systematics phylogeny species delimitation Sarcophagidae Miltogramminae

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_10: Taxonomy and phylogenetic
  • NZ8_1: Evolutionary biology
  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krzysztof Szpila 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 9 - announced on 2015-03-16

Amount awarded: 888 684 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-01-28

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-01-27

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Mastercycler PRO S (55 400 PLN)
  2. Mikroskop stereoskopowy Leica S6 E (17 875 PLN)
  3. Spektrofotometr (43 050 PLN)
  4. laptop DELL Precision 7520 + stacja dokującą Dell Thunderbolt Dock TB.
  5. Chłodziarko-zamrażarka.
  6. Urządzenia do automatycznej elektroforezy preparatywnej DNA w zakresie 90 pz-1 500 pz Pippin Prep Instument wraz z 3 kasetami żelowymi.
  7. Eppendorf Mastercykler Nexus GSX1.
  8. Mikroskop stereoskopowy Delta Optical.
  9. Qubit® 3.0 Fluorometer.
  10. Waga analityczna AS 220.X2 (2 890 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. DNA barcoding allows identification of European Fanniidae (Diptera) of forensic interest
    Authors:
    Grzywacz A, Wyborska D, Piwczynski M
    Academic press:
    Forensic Science International (rok: 2017, tom: 278, strony: 106-114), Wydawca: ELSEVIER
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.06.023 - link to the publication
  2. Integrated taxonomic revision of the Australian Amobia (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae) finds new species and tackles old problems
    Authors:
    Johnston N.P., Wallman J.F., Dowton M., Szpila K., Pape T.
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Taxonomy (rok: 2020, tom: 722, strony: 75-96), Wydawca: European Journal of Taxonomy
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5852/ejt.2020.722.1135 - link to the publication
  3. An enigma no more: an integrated taxonomic revision of Aenigmetopia Malloch reveals novel phylogenetic placement and four new species (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae)
    Authors:
    Johnston N.P., Wallman J.F., Szpila K. Pape T.
    Academic press:
    Invertebrate Systematics (rok: 2020, tom: 34, strony: 519-534), Wydawca: CSIRO PUBLISHING
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1071/IS19051 - link to the publication
  4. To be or not to be a valid genus: the systematic position of Ophyra R.-D. revised (Diptera: Muscidae)
    Authors:
    Gzrywacz A, Wallman JF, Piwczyński M
    Academic press:
    Systematic Entomology (rok: 2017, tom: 42, strony: 714–723), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/syen.12240 - link to the publication
  5. Redescription of Sphecapatoclea excisa Villeneuve, 1909 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
    Authors:
    Szpila K., Wyborska D., Bystrowski C., Pape T.
    Academic press:
    Zootaxa (rok: 2020, tom: 4728, strony: 110-122), Wydawca: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.5 - link to the publication
  6. Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance
    Authors:
    Lutz L, Williams KA, Villet M, Ekanem M, Szpila K
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Legal Medicine (rok: 2017, tom: "online first", strony: 45303), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s00414-017-1654-y - link to the publication
  7. An anchored hybrid enrichment-based dataset challenges the traditional classification of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
    Authors:
    Buenaventura E., Szpila K., Cassel B. K., Wiegmann M., Pape T.
    Academic press:
    Systematic Entomology (rok: 2020, tom: 45, strony: 281-301), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/syen.12395 - link to the publication
  8. Wing measurement can be used to identify European blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance
    Authors:
    Szpila K., Żmuda A., Akbarzadeh K., Tofilski A.
    Academic press:
    Forensic Science International (rok: 2019, tom: 296, strony: 45299), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.01.001 - link to the publication