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Publications

  • Irwin, M. E. 1997. Therevidae. In: Solís, A. (ed.), Las Familias de insectos de Costa Rica. INBio.
  • Irwin, M. E. and G. E. Kampmeier. 1997. PEET: A training effort that is paying dividends. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports 347: 2. (September/October).
  • Kampmeier, G. E. 1997. Therevid databases: Reinventing the Wheel or Prudently Hitching a Ride? Entomological Collections Network 1996 annual meeting, Louisville, KY.
  • Kampmeier, G. E. and M. E. Irwin. 1998. Database gathers taxonomic information. Illinois Natural History Survey Reports, 353: 4, 8.
  • Ovtshinnikova, O. G. and D. K. Yeates. 1998. The male genital musculature of Therevidae and Scenopinidae (Diptera: Asiloidea): Structure, homology, and phylogenetic implications. Australian Journal of Entomology 37: 27-33.
  • Yeates, D. K. and B. M. Wiegmann. 1999. Congruence and controversy: Toward a higher-level phylogeny of the Diptera. Annual Review of Entomology 44: 397-428.
  • Irwin, M., P. Raven, J. Oliver, E. Wilson, E. Schlinger, R. May. Draft Entomological Society of America Position Statement: Insects and Biodiversity. ESA Newsletter 22 (1): 1, 4. [contains statement on importance of PEET program.]

Dissertations and Theses

  • Winterton, S. L. 1997. Systematics of [a new genus] (Diptera: Therevidae) from Australia. Postgraduate Diploma in Science. The University of Queensland, Australia. 99 pp. + 185 figs.
  • Gaimari, S. D. 1998. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). 1998. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 273 pp.
  • Power, N. 1998. Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Therevidae in South East Queensland. Thesis, Bachelor of Science (Honours), Department of Entomology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 169 pp.
  • Holston, K. C. 1999. Answering the Nomenclatural Challenge with a Database ofThereva Names (Diptera: Therevidae). M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 150 pp.

In Press

  • Gaimari, S. D. and M. E. Irwin. 1999. Phylogeny, classification, and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Diptera: Therevidae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc.
  • Winterton, S. L., M. E. Irwin, D. K. Yeates. 1999. Systematics of [a new genus] (Diptera: Therevidae) from Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy.
  • Winterton, S. L., M. E. Irwin and D. K. Yeates. 1999. Systematic revision of theTaenogera Krober genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae), with descriptions of two new genera. Australian Journal of Entomology.

Submitted

  • Gaimari, S. D. and M. B. Mostovski. A new genus for Psilocephala electrellaCockerell from burmite (Diptera: Asiloidea). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (London). [special volume on burmite geology and paleontology].
  • Metz, M. A., and M. E. Irwin. 1999. A new genus from Dominican amber and its phylogenetic relationship with the extant Neotropical genus Lindneria Krober (Therevidae). Annals Entomol. Soc. Amer.
  • Webb, D. W. and M. E. Irwin. 1999. A revision of Tabuda Walker and TabudamimaIrwin and Lyneborg with the description of a new genus [B] Webb and Irwin (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae). Annals Entomol. Soc. Amer.
  • Winterton, S. L., J. H. Skevington, M. E. Irwin, and D. K. Yeates. 1999. Phylogenetic revision of Bonjeania Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae)Systematic Entomology.
  • Winterton, S. L., D. J. Merritt, A. O’Toole, D. K. Yeates and M.E. Irwin. 1999. Morphology and histology of the spermathecal sac, a novel structure in the female reproductive system of Therevidae (Diptera: Asiloidea). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology.
  • Yang, L. L., B. M. Wiegmann, D. K. Yeates, & M. E. Irwin. 1999. Higher level phylogenetic reconstruction of the Therevidae based on 28S ribosomal and elongation factor-1alpha gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

In Preparation

  • Gaimari, S. D., and M. E. Irwin. Phylogenetic relationships within the cycloteline genus Ozodiceromyia Bigot (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae). Thomas Say Miscellaneous Publications.
  • Gaimari, S. D., and M. E. Irwin. Phylogenetic revision of the mexicana-group ofOzodiceromyia (Diptera: Therevidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
  • M.E. Irwin and D.K. Yeates, Phylogeny of the Therevidae based on adult morphological evidence.
    Tsaur, S.C., B.M. Wiegmann, B.K. Cassel and D.W. Webb. Monophyly and relationships of the Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Insecta).Annals of the Entomological Society of America.
  • Wiegmann, B.M., S.C. Tsaur, and D.K. Yeates. Synthesis of molecular and morphological evidence on phylogeny of the brachyceran Diptera (Insecta).Systematic Biology.
  • Wiegmann, B.M. D.K. Yeates, J.L. Thorne, and H. Kishino. A revised time-scale for fly evolution: Divergence time estimates without a molecular clock. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA.

Abstracts in Proceedings

  • Gaimari, S. D., and M. E. Irwin. 1998. Systematics and biogeography of the cycloteline Therevinae (Therevidae). Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 58-59.
  • Gaimari, S. D., M. E. Irwin, and G. E. Kampmeier. 1998. Importance of collections and specimen level databases for dipterological research. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 59-60.
  • Irwin, M. E., and A. H. Kirk-Spriggs. 1998. Species composition and flight phenology of stiletto flies and window flies (Asiloidea: Therevidae and Scenopinidae) occurring along the Kuiseb River, Gobabeb, Namibia. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 89.
  • Irwin, M. E., and D. K. Yeates. 1998. The internal hierarchy of the Therevidae and biogeographic patterns of extant higher taxa (Brachycera, Asiloidea). Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 90.
  • Kampmeier, G. E., M. E. Irwin, and F. C. Thompson. 1998. MANDALA: a database weaving together information on specimens, nomenclature, and literature for systematics research. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 98-99.
  • Metz, M. A., and M. E. Irwin. 1998. A new genus from Dominican amber and its phylogenetic relationship with the extant Neotropical genus Lindneria Krober (Therevidae). Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 148.
  • Metz, M. A., and M. E. Irwin. 1998. The relationship of parasitic trombidiid mites with the Diptera in an arid ravine in New Mexico, USA. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 148-149.
  • Winterton, S. L., A. O’Toole, M. E. Irwin, D. Merritt, and D. K. Yeates. 1998. Morphology and ultrastructure of the “spermathecal sac,” a previously unknown structure in the reproductive system of female Therevidae. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 247.
  • Winterton, S. L., J. H. Skevington, M. E. Irwin, and D. K. Yeates. 1998. Revision of the bizarre genus Bonjeania Irwin & Lyneborg (Therevidae) from Australia. Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 248.
  • Yang, L. L., B. M. Wiegmann, and M. E. Irwin. 1998. Multiple molecular datasets resolve the phylogeny of the stiletto flies (Therevidae). Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford, England, Abstract Volume, p. 250.

Meetings & Seminars to Communicate Advances, Plan Future Activities and Network

  • IVth International Congress of Dipterology. All graduate students, PIs, most collaborators, and Thompson actively participated in this Congress, Oxford, England, 6-11 Sept.’98. Wiegmann and Yeates were elected to the International Council of Dipterology, and Yeates has agreed to host the 5th International Congress of Dipterology in 2002, at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
  • University of California at Davis Department of Entomology Seminar. Irwin gave a lecture, entitled, “Dune revisited: Exploring the lives and times of sandworms,” in April ’97.
  • UIUC Department of Entomology Seminar. Gaimari lectured on the “Phylogenetics and biogeography of a Laurasian group of Therevidae (Diptera),” March ’98.
  • North American Dipterists Society Meetings and Field Trips. Our PEET team has been very active in this organization. Irwin chaired the meeting in Louisville KY in 1996; Wiegmann chaired it at Nashville TN in ’97, and Gaimari chaired the meeting at Las Vegas NV in ’98. Wiegmann organized and will lead the ’99 field excursion to the Great Smoky Mountains.
  • Entomological Collections Network. Our team has participated in these activities for the past three years. Wiegmann lectured on the advances the Therevid PEET project had made during the meeting at Mesquite NV in ’98.
  • Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) Meeting. Kampmeier attended these meetings Toronto, Canada, in ’96 and in Reading, England, in ’98. She has been appointed to the TDWG Executive Committee to help facilitate involvement of zoologists as this group expands its scope.
  • Therevid/PEET Workshops. Each summer of the grant, our entire team assembles at UIUC to discuss the year’s accomplishments and plan for the coming year. See details of the 1996, 1997, and 1998 workshops.
  • NSF PEET Workshops. Irwin, Yeates, and Kampmeier attended the first workshop at Lawrence KS in ’96. Kampmeier demonstrated the databases and Yeates demonstrated LucID to the group. All PIs, the five Diptera graduate students, Kampmeier, and Thompson participated in the second at Woods Hole MA in ’98. Irwin, assisted by Thompson, moderated a session on monography; Kampmeier presented during the database workshop; Holston participated in the student panel. Yang, Winterton, Gaimari, and the Therevid PEET team all presented posters. Metz is on the organizing committee for the next NSF PEET Workshop in 2000.
  • Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI). Mullett participated in this conference at Santa Cruz, CA in ’97 and at Ames IA in ’98. Her artwork was selected for the professional juried art competition in Ames.
  • Missouri Botanical Garden Systematics Symposium. Irwin, Gaimari, Holston, Hauser, and Metz attended the 45th annual symposium St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. ’98.