Phylogenetic resolution of the fly superfamily Ephydroidea–Molecular systematics of the enigmatic and diverse relatives of Drosophilidae

• Isaac S. Winkler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isaac S. Winkler, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Keith M. Bayless, John Soghigian, Brian M. Wiegmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States of America

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• Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isaac S. Winkler, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Keith M. Bayless, John Soghigian, Brian M. Wiegmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation African Natural History Research Trust, Leominster, Herefordshire, United Kingdom

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• Keith M. Bayless ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isaac S. Winkler, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Keith M. Bayless, John Soghigian, Brian M. Wiegmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collection, Australia (NRCA), Acton, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• John Soghigian ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isaac S. Winkler, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Keith M. Bayless, John Soghigian, Brian M. Wiegmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Comparative Biology and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Rudolf Meier ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RM, TP, DKY, ABC and RSC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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• Thomas Pape ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RM, TP, DKY, ABC and RSC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• David K. Yeates ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RM, TP, DKY, ABC and RSC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO National Research Collection, Australia (NRCA), Acton, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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• A. Bernardo Carvalho ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RM, TP, DKY, ABC and RSC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8959-6469

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• Robert S. Copeland ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ RM, TP, DKY, ABC and RSC also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Brian M. Wiegmann

  Contributed equally to this work with: Isaac S. Winkler, Ashley H. Kirk-Spriggs, Keith M. Bayless, John Soghigian, Brian M. Wiegmann

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bwiegman@ncsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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