Macroevolution of hoverflies (Diptera : Syrphidae): the effect of using higher-level taxa in studies of biodiversity, and correlates of species richness

We test a near-complete genus level phylogeny of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) for consistency with a null model of clade growth having uniform probabilities of speciation and extinction among contemporaneous species. The phylogeny is too unbalanced for this null model. Importantly, the degree of...

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Main Authors: Katzourakis, A, Purvis, A, Azmeh, S, Rotheray, G, Gilbert, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2001