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Reconstructing evolutionary histories of rapidly diversified groups: Toward a robust dated species tree of Oestroidea using alternative phylogenomic methods (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)

2018/31/B/NZ8/02113

Keywords:

evolution phylogeny radiation Oestroidea molecular dating next generation sequencing

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_10:
  • NZ8_1:
  • NZ8_12:

Panel:

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

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika

woj. kujawsko-pomorskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krzysztof Kazimierz Szpila 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 16 - announced on 2018-09-14

Amount awarded: 1 942 377 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2019-06-21

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-06-20

Project duration:: 72 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (15)
  1. First molecular phylogeny and species delimitation of West Palaearctic Pollenia (Diptera: Polleniidae).
    Authors:
    Szpila, K., Piwczyński, M., Glinkowski, W., Lutz, L., Akbarzadeh, K., Johnston, N., Grzywacz, A
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2023, tom: 197, strony: 267-282), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac035 - link to the publication
  2. Key for the identification of third instar larvae of African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance in death investigations
    Authors:
    Szpila, K., Williams, K., Soszyńska A., Ekanem, M., Heyns, M., Dinka, M.D., Villet, M.
    Academic press:
    Forensic Science International (rok: 2024, tom: 354:111889, strony: 46031), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2023.111889 - link to the publication
  3. Integration of mitogenomic and morphological data disentangles the systematics of Pollenia and establishes a revised phylogenetic hypothesis for the Polleniidae
    Authors:
    Johnston NP, Piwczynski M, Trzeciak P, Walczak K., Szpila K.
    Academic press:
    Systematic Entomology (rok: 2022, tom: early view, strony: 46042), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/syen.12576 - link to the publication
  4. Evolution of sexual conflict in scorpionflies
    Authors:
    Soszyńska-Maj, A., Krzemińska, E., Pérez-de la Fuente, R., Wang, J., Szpila, K., Skibińska, K., Kopeć, K., Krzemiński, W.
    Academic press:
    eLife (rok: 2022, tom: 11, strony: e70508), Wydawca: eLife Sciences Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7554/eLife.70508 - link to the publication
  5. Blowfly genomics: current insights, knowledge gaps, and future perspectives.
    Authors:
    Parmar, D. R., Johnston, N. P., Wallman, J. F., Szpila, K.
    Academic press:
    Current Opinion in Insect Science (rok: 2025, tom: 68:101305, strony: 46032), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cois.2024.101305 - link to the publication
  6. Anchored phylogenomics and revised classification of the Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
    Authors:
    Johnston, N.P., Pape, T., Piwczyński, M., Wallman, J.F., Wiegmann, B.M., Cassel, B.K., Akbarzadeh, K., Szpila, K.
    Academic press:
    Systematic Entomology (rok: 2024, tom: 49(1), strony: 138-155), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/syen.12609 - link to the publication
  7. Carrion-breeding flies of Australia and New Zealand: A review and key to adults
    Authors:
    Johnston, N.P., Butterworth, N.J., Meiklejohn, K.A., Grzywacz, A., Pape, T., Szpila, K., Wallman, J.F.
    Academic press:
    Austral Entomology (rok: 2025, tom: 64:e12732, strony: 16803), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/aen.12732 - link to the publication
  8. Wing measurements are a possible tool for the identification of European forensically important Sarcophagidae
    Authors:
    Szpila, K., Johnston, N.P., Akbarzadeh, K., Richet, R., Tofilski, A.
    Academic press:
    Forensic Science International (rok: 2022, tom: 340, strony: 111451), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111451 - link to the publication
  9. Ecological and gographical speciation in Lucilia bufonivora: The evolution of amphibian obligate parasitism
    Authors:
    Arias-Robledo G, Wall R, Szpila K, Shpeley D, Whitworth T, Stark T, King RA, Stevens JR
    Academic press:
    IJP: Parasites and Willdlife (rok: 2019, tom: 10, strony: 218-230), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.09.005 - link to the publication
  10. A species-group framework to unravel blowfly diversity: integrative revision of the Calliphora clarki-group (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
    Authors:
    Johnston, N., 1, Szpila, K., Pape, T., Meiklejohn, K. A., Foley, L. B., Wallman, F. J.
    Academic press:
    European Journal of Taxonomy (rok: 2025, tom: 989, strony: 94–118), Wydawca: OJS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5852/ejt.2025.989.2887 - link to the publication
  11. First data on early instar Afrotropical Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) reveal unexpected morphological diversity.
    Authors:
    Szpila, K., Walczak, K., Soszyńska, A., Pape, T.
    Academic press:
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (rok: 2025, tom: 203(1):e030, strony: 46035), Wydawca: Oxford University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae030 - link to the publication
  12. New Species of Soldier Fly—Sargus bipunctatus (Scopoli, 1763) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), Recorded from a Human Corpse in Europe—A Case Report
    Authors:
    Michalski M. , Gadawski P. , Klemm J., Szpila K.
    Academic press:
    Insects (rok: 2021, tom: 12, 302, strony: 46030), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/ - link to the publication
  13. Phylogenomics resolves long-standing questions about the affinities of an endangered Corsican endemic fly
    Authors:
    Pierfilippo Cerretti, Liping Yan, , Sujatha Narayanan Kutty, Krzysztof Szpila, Dario Nania, , Roxana Tintea, Maurizio Mei, Thomas Pape
    Academic press:
    Journal of Insect Science (rok: 2024, tom: 24(4):9, ieae073, strony: 46038), Wydawca: Oxfrod University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/jisesa/ieae073 - link to the publication
  14. Morphological identification of first-instar larvae of European flesh flies of forensic importance
    Authors:
    Szpila K, Maliszewski S, Soszyńśka A, Villet M, Richet R, Pape T
    Academic press:
    Medical and Veterinary Entomology (rok: 2025, tom: -, strony: 46037), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/mve.12826 - link to the publication
  15. Comparative genomic analysis of necrophagous and parasitic subspecies of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) provides important insight into their divergent biologies
    Authors:
    Kapoor S, Hickner PV, Dickey AN, Bailey E, Baldassio de Paula LC, Belikoff EJ, Szpila K, Hall RS, Young ND, Korhonen PK, Gasser RB, Perry T, Jex AR, Bowles VM, Wiegmann BM, Torres TT, Anstead CA, Scott MJ
    Status:
    Accepted for publication

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