Ximo Mengual

Projects

ERGA - The European Reference Genome Atlas
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne
BGE - Biodiversity Genomics Europe
Management: Dr. habil. Astrid Böhne

Publications

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2025

2025/01
Hadrava, J., Klečka, J., Moran, K., Klečková, I., Kelso, S., Etzbauer, C., Skevington, J.H., Mengual, X.
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The evolution of wasp mimicry and biogeography in the genus Temnostoma (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2025/01
Kilian, I.C., Kirse, A., Peters, R.S., Bourlat, S.J., Fonseca, V.G., Wägele, W.J., Hamm, A., Mengual, X.
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Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive Metabarcoding Approach
Ecology and Evolution, 1, 15

2024

2024/04
Wittische, J., Lippert, S., Luttringer, A., Ariey, H., do Rosário Cruz, A.J., Andrási, B., Thissen, D., Schleimer, A., Drygala, F., Mehnert, J., Mengual, X., Cantú‐Salazar, L., Frantz, A.C.
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High genetic connectivity of two pollinating flies despite urban disturbance
Ecosphere, 4, 15
2024/09
Fahldieck, M., Rulik, B., Thormann, J., Mengual, X.
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A DNA barcode reference library for the Tipulidae (Insecta, Diptera) of Germany
Biodiversity Data Journal, 12
2024/09
PARADA-MARIN, H.M., MENGUAL, X., RAMOS-PASTRANA, Y.
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A new species of Alipumilio Shannon, 1927 (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of the male of A. avispas Vockeroth, 1964 and A. femoratus Shannon, 1927
Zootaxa, 3, 5506
2024/06
Jaume-Schinkel, S., Müller, B., Avila-Calero, S., Kukowka, S., Rduch, V., Mengual, X.
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Preserving morphology while extracting DNA: a non-destructive field-to-museum protocol for slide-mounted specimens
Biodiversity Data Journal, 12
2024/03
Santis, M.D.d., Mengual, X.
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Revision of the Neotropical Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae): a new synonymy and additional records
Journal of natural history, 9-12, 58
2024/11
Hadrava, J., Klečka, J., Moran, K., Klečková, I., Kelso, S., Etzbauer, C., Skevington, J.H., Mengual, X.
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The evolution of wasp mimicry and biogeography in the genus Temnostoma (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
2024/04
LETANA, S., MENGUAL, X., PAPE, T.
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A new bot fly species of Cuterebra (Diptera: Oestridae) from Ecuador
Zootaxa, 3, 5437
2024/08
Parada-Marin, H.M., Mengual, X., Ramos-Pastrana, Y.
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First record of Nausigaster meridionalis Townsend (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Colombia
Caldasia, 3, 46
2024/10
ŻÓRALSKI, R., MEUTTER, F.V.D., MENGUAL, X., GADAWSKI, P.
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Two Palaearctic species of Orthonevra (Diptera: Syrphidae) under the name O. brevicornis
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 1, 64
2024/11
Wu, G., Li, H., Mengual, X., Wang, Y., Zhao, R.
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Phylogenetic analysis of Syrphidae (Insecta, Diptera) based on low-coverage whole genomes
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 6, 8
2024/04
Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Kukowka, S., Bohacz, C., Baur, H., Espeland, M., Huber, B., Hutter, C., Mengual, X., Peters, R., Vences, M., Wesener, T., Willmott, K., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Ahrens, D.
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Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa (vol 14, pg 543, 2023)
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 4, 15
2024/08
Rduch, V., Dey, L., Ghazaryan, A., Husemann, M., Iankoshvili, G., Krammer, H., Lambrecht, M., Marabuto, E., Mengual, X., Müller, B., Peters, R., Rulik, B., Salden, T., Silva-Brandao, K.L., Espeland, M., Thormann, J., Töpfer, T., Weiss, C., Zyla, D., Hein, N.
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Exkursion in den Kaukasus: Der CaBOL BioBlitz 2022 in Armenien und Georgien
2024/03
Jaume-Schinkel, S., Mengual, X.
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A revision of the genus Armillipora Quate (Diptera: Psychodidae) with the descriptions of two new species – Corrigendum
European Journal of Taxonomy, 925

2023

2023/07
Wong, D., Norman, H., Creedy, T.J., Jordaens, K., Moran, K.M., Young, A.D., Mengual, X., Skevington, J.H., Vogler, A.P.
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The phylogeny and evolutionary ecology of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 184
2023/02
Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Kukowka, S., Bohacz, C., Baur, H., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Hutter, C.R., Mengual, X., Peters, R.S., Vences, M., Wesener‍, T., Willmott, K.R., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Ahrens, D.
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Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 14
2023/08
Jaume-Schinkel, S., Mengual, X., Howe, A.G., Fagan‐Jeffries, E.P.
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The hitchhiker’s guide to Australia: the 18,000-km-long journey of Alepia viatrix Jaume-Schinkel, Kvifte, Weele & Mengual, 2022 (Diptera, Psychodidae) discovered through citizen science
4, 19
2023/01
Mengual, X., Lebard, T., Cornuel-Willermoz, A.
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New hover fly records for Corsica: results from Our Planet Reviewed in Corsica 2019-2021 (Diptera, Syrphidae)
4, 128
2023/10
van Steenis, J., Miranda, G.F.G., Tot, T., Mengual, X., Skevington, J.H.
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Glossary of morphological terminology of adult Syrphidae (Diptera): an update and extension
4, 2
2023/12
van Steenis, J., Ólafsson, E., Mengual, X.
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Iceland, a mere remote island or a hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) hotspot for endemism? A case study of Platycheirus islandicus Ringdahl, 1930 and P. manicatus Meigen, 1822
6, 2
2023/00
CORNUEL-WILLERMOZ, A., LEBARD, T., Bot, S., Mengual, X.
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Découverte d’Eumerus emarginatus Loew, 1848 en Corse, une nouvelle espèce pour la faune de France (Diptera: Syrphidae)
L’Entomologiste, 4, 79
2023/07
Kilian, I.C., Swenson, S.J., Mengual, X., Gemeinholzer, B., Hamm, A., Wägele, J.W., Peters, R.S.
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More complex than you think: Taxonomic and temporal patterns of plant–pollinator networks of caraway (Carum carvi L.)
Molecular ecology, 13, 32
2023/07
Theissinger, K., Fernandes, C., Formenti, G., Bista, I., Berg, P.R., Bleidorn, C., Bombarely, A., Crottini, A., Gallo, G.R., Godoy, J.A., Jentoft, S., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R.A., Paez, S., Palsbøll, P.J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz-López, M.J., Secomandi, S., Svardal, H., Theofanopoulou, C., Vries, J.D., Waldvogel, A., Zhang, G., Jarvis, E.D., Bálint, M., Ciofi, C., Waterhouse, R.M., Mazzoni, C.J., Höglund, J., Aghayan, S.A., Alioto, T.S., Almudi, I., Alvarez, N., Alves, P.C., Rosario, I.R.A.d., Antunes, A., Arribas, P., Baldrian, P., Bertorelle, G., Böhne, A., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Boštjančić, L.L., Boussau, B., Breton, C.M., Buzan, E., Campos, P.F., Carreras, C., Castro, L.F.C., Chueca, L.J., Čiampor, F., Conti, E., Cook-Deegan, R., Croll, D., Cunha, M.V., Delsuc, F., Dennis, A.B., Dimitrov, D., Faria, R., Favre, A., Fedrigo, O.D., Fernández, R., Ficetola, G.F., Flot, J., Gabaldón, T., Agius, D.R., Giani, A.M., Gilbert, M.T.P., Grebenc, T., Guschanski, K., Guyot, R., Hausdorf, B., Hawlitschek, O., Heintzman, P.D., Heinze, B., Hiller, M., Husemann, M., Iannucci, A., Irisarri, I., Jakobsen, K.S., Klinga, P., Kloch, A., Kratochwil, C.F., Kusche, H., Layton, K.K., Leonard, J.A., Lerat, E., Liti, G., Manousaki, T., Marques-Bonet, T., Matos-Maraví, P., Matschiner, M., Maumus, F., Cartney, A.M.M., Meiri, S., Melo-Ferreira, J., Mengual, X., Monaghan, M.T., Montagna, M., Mysłajek, R.W., Neiber, M.T., Nicolas, V., Novo, M., Ozretić, P., Palero, F., Pârvulescu, L., Pascual, M., Paulo, O.S., Pavlek, M., Pegueroles, C., Pellissier, L., Pesole, G., Primmer, C.R., Riesgo, A., Rüber, L., Rubolini, D., Salvi, D., Seehausen, O., Seidel, M., Studer, B., Theodoridis, S., Thines, M., Urban, L., Vasemägi, A., Vella, A., Vella, N., Vernes, S.C., Vernesi, C., Vieites, D.R., Wheat, C.W., Wörheide, G., Wurm, Y., Zammit, G.
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How genomics can help biodiversity conservation
Trends in Genetics, 7, 39

2022

2022/02
López-García, G.P., Roig-Juñet, S.A., Pérez-Bañón, C., Mazzitelli, E., Montoya, A.L., Rojo, S., Mengual, X.
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Description of the Third-Stage Larva and Puparium of Platycheirus (Carposcalis) chalconota (Philippi) (Diptera: Syrphidae) with New Information About the Trophic Interactions and Larval Habitats
Neotropical Entomology, 1, 51
2022/03
Sankararaman, H., Anooj, S.S., Mengual, X.
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Review of Indian species of Monoceromyia Shannon (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of two new species
1, 25
2022/04
Medeiros, H.R., Martello, F., Metzger, J.P., Harper, K.A., Mengual, X., Righi, C.A., Ribeiro, D.B.
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Landscape composition regulates the spillover of beneficial insects between forest remnants and adjacent coffee plantations
2, 20
2022/03
Fleischmann, A., Gonella, P.M., Rojo, S., Mengual, X.
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Attracted to feed, not to be fed upon – on the biology of Toxomerus basalis (Walker, 1836), the kleptoparasitic ‘sundew flower fly’ (Diptera: Syrphidae)
5, 38
2022/04
Jaume-Schinkel, S., Kvifte, G.M., VAN DER WEELE, R., Mengual, X.
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Alepia viatrix sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new species of a Neotropical genus found on the Azores Archipelago (Portugal)
3, 5128
2022/10
Mengual, X., Mayer, C., Burt, T.O., Moran, K.M., Dietz, L., Nottebrock, G., Pauli, T., Young, A.D., Brasseur, M.V., Kukowka, S., Kelso, S., Etzbauer, C., Bot, S., Hauser, M., Jordaens, K., Miranda, G.F.G., Ståhls, G., van Steenis, W., Peters, R.S., Skevington, J.H.
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Systematics and evolution of predatory flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on exon‐capture sequencing
2, 48
2022/03
Formenti, G., Theißinger, K., Fernandes, C., Bista, I., Bombarely, A., Bleidorn, C., Ciofi, C., Crottini, A., Godoy, J.A., Höglund, ‎., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R.A., Paez, S., Palsbøll, P.J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz‐López, M.J., Svardal, H., Theofanopoulou, C., de Vries, J., Waldvogel, A., Zhang, G., Mazzoni, C.J., Jarvis, E.D., Bálint, M., Formenti, G., Theißinger, K., Fernandes, C., Bista, I., Bombarely, A., Bleidorn, C., Čiampor, F., Ciofi, C., Crottini, A., Godoy, J.A., Höglund, ‎., Malukiewicz, J., Mouton, A., Oomen, R.A., Paez, S., Palsbøll, P.J., Pampoulie, C., Ruiz‐López, M.J., Svardal, H., Theofanopoulou, C., de Vries, J., Waldvogel, A., Guojie, Z., Mazzoni, C.J., Jarvis, E.D., Bálint, M., Aghayan, S.A., Alioto, T., Almudí, I., Álvarez, N., Alves, P.C., Amorim, I.R., Antunes, A., Arribas, P., Baldrián, P., Berg, P.R., Bertorelle, G., Böhne, A., Bonisoli‐Alquati, A., Boštjančić, L.L., Boussau, B., Breton, C., Bužan, E., Campos, P.F., Carreras, C., Castro, L.F.C., Chueca, L.J., Conti, E., Cook‐Deegan, R., Croll, D., Cunha, M.V., Delsuc, F., Dennis, A.B., Dimitrov, D., Faria, R., Favre, A., Fédrigo, O., Fernández, R., Ficetola, G.F., Flot, J., Gabaldón, T., Agius, D., Gallo, G.R., Giani, A.M., Gilbert, M.T.P., Grebenc, T., Guschanski, K., Guyot, R., Hausdorf, B., Hawlitschek, O., Heintzman, P.D., Heinze, B., Hiller, M., Husemann, M., Iannucci, A., Irisarri, I., Jakobsen, K.S., Jentoft, S., Klinga, P., Kloch, A., Kratochwil, C.F., Kusche, H., Layton, K.K.S., Leonard, J.A., Lerat, E., Liti, G., Manousaki, T., Marquès‐Bonet, T., Matos‐Maraví, P., Matschiner, M., Maumus, F., Mc Cartney, A.M., Meiri, S., Melo‐Ferreira, J., Mengual, X., Monaghan, M.T., Montagna, M., Mysłajek, R.W., Neiber, M.T., Nicolas, V., Novo, M., Ozretić, P., Palero, F., Pârvulescu, L., Pascual, M., Paulo, O.S., Pavlek, M., Pegueroles, C., Pellissier, L., Pesole, G., Primmer, C.R., Riesgo, A., Rüber, L., Rubolini, D., Salvi, D., Seehausen, O., Seidel, M., Secomandi, S., Studer, B., Theodoridis, S., Thines, M., Urban, L., Vasemägi, A., Vella, A., Vella, N., Vernes, S.C., Vernesi, C., Vieites, D.R., Waterhouse, R.M., Wheat, C.W., Wörheide, G., Wurm, Y., Zammit, G.
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The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 3, 37
2022/10
Mengual, X., Kilian, I.C., Pazmiño-Palomino, A.
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First records of the genus Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Ecuador
5, 18
2022/12
Jaume-Schinkel, S., Mengual, X.
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New geographic distribution of Chrysomya megacephala, the Oriental latrine blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae), in Mexico using citizen science and social media
93
2022/11
Mengual, X.
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New Flower Fly Records (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae) from China, Korea, and Malaysia
2, 124
2022/08
Mengual, X.
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New species of Myolepta Newman, 1838 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the Indomalayan Realm
European Journal of Taxonomy, 1, 833
2022/11
Bot, S., Mengual, X., Van Steenis, J., Skevington, J.H.
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A new species of the genus Milesia Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Crete
European Journal of Taxonomy, 1, 846
2022/12
Huo, K., Zhao, L., Mengual, X., Li, G., Liu, X., Zhao, L., Chen, Z.
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Biema Huo & Zhao gen. nov., a new flower fly genus (Diptera, Syrphidae) from China
European Journal of Taxonomy, 1, 852
2022/00
Vujić, A., Gilbert, F., Flinn, G., Englefield, E., Varga, Z., Ferreira, C., Eggert, F., Woolcock, S., Böhm, M., Vbra, J., Mergy, R., Ssymank, A., Steenis, W.v., Aracil, A., Földesi, R., Grković, A., Mazanek, L., Nedeljković, Z., Pennards, G., Pérez, C., Radenković, S., Ricarte, A., Rojo, S., Ståhls, G., Ent, L.v.d., Steenis, J.v., Barkalov, A., Campoy, A., Janković, M., Likov, L., Lillo, I., Mengual, X., Milić, D., Miličić, M., Nielsen, T., Popov, G., Romig, T., Šebić, A., Speight, M., Tot, T., Eck, A.v., Veselić, S., Andric, A., Bowles, P., Groot, M.D., Marcos-García, M., Hadrava, J., Lair, X., Malidžan, S., Nève, G., Vidakovic, D.O., Popov, S., Smit, J., Meutter, F.V.D., Veličković, N.
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European Red List of Hoverflies
2022/06
Jaume-Schinkel, S., Morelli, A., Kvifte, G.M., Mengual, X.
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What’s inside the hole? A review of European dendrolimnetic moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae)
Diversity, 7, 14
2022/01
Mengual, X.
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A new record of Calcaretropidia delmohardy Thompson, 2017 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Australasia
Suara Serangga Papua, 2, 14
2022/00
Vujić, A., Gilbert, F., Flinn, G., Englefield, E., Ferreira, C., Varga, Z., Eggert, F., Woolcock, S., Böhm, M., Mergy, R., Ssymank, A., Steenis, W.v., Aracil, A., Földesi, R., Grković, A., Mazanek, L., Nedeljković, Z., Pennards, G., Pérez, C., Radenković, S., Ricarte, A., Rojo, S., Ståhls, G., Ent, L.v.d., Steenis, J.v., Barkalov, A., Campoy, A., Janković, M., Likov, L., Lillo, I., Mengual, X., Milić, D., Miličić, M., Nielsen, T., Popov, G., Romig, T., Šebić, A., Speight, M., Tot, T., Eck, A.v., Veselić, S., Andric, A., Bowles, P., Groot, M.D., Marcos-García, M., Hadrava, J., Lair, X., Malidžan, S., Nève, G., Vidakovic, D.O., Popov, S., Smit, J., Meutter, F.V.D., Veličković, N., Vrba, J.
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Pollinators on the edge: our European hoverflies
The European Red List of Hoverflies. European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
2022/00
Dios, M.Á.G.d., Tinaut, A., Saloña-Bordas, M.I., Delgado, J.A., Arbea, J., Baechli, G., Baixeras, J., Balanzategui, I., Barranco, P., Baz, A., Castro-Tovar, A., Černý, M., Carles-Tolrá, M., Cabanillas, D., Peña, A.E., Falcó, V., Gaju-Ricart, M., Gamarra, P., Socias, L.G., Langton, P., Lencina, J.L., Mengual, X., Baltanás, R.M., Nartshuk, E., Navarro, C., Obregón, R., Outerelo, R., Hidalgo, N.P., Rodríguez, B., Tolosa, L., Erkelens, J.A.v.
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Primer catálogo de invertebrados habitantes de las pequeñas islas mediterráneas cercanas a la costa almeriense (Almería, España)(Eumetazoa, Arthropoda y Mollusca)
Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 116

2021

2021/01
Gonçalves, A., Grootaert, P., Andrade, R., Paulo, O.S., Mengual, X.
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Revision of the morphology, phylogenetic relationships, behaviour and diversity of the Iberian and Italian ant-like Tachydromia Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Hybotidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 732
2021/08
Ahrens, D., Ahyong, S.T., Ballerio, A., Barclay, M.V.L., Eberle, J., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Mengual, X., Pacheco, T.L., Peters, R.S., Rulik, B., Vaz-de-Mello, F.Z., Wesener‍, T., Krell, F.
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Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027
2021/04
Moran, K.M., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S., Mengual, X., Jordaens, K., Young, A.D., Ståhls, G., Mutin, V.A., Bot, S., van Zuijen, M., Ichige, K., van Steenis, J., Hauser, M., van Steenis, W.
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A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina
Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 1, 194
2021/12
Van Eck, A., Mengual, X.
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Review of the genus Pelecocera Meigen, 1822 (Diptera, Syrphidae) in the Palaearctic with the description of a new species from Cyprus
Contributions to Entomology, 2, 71
2021/01
Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Skevington, J.H.
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Life on an island: the phylogenetic placement of Loveridgeana and Afrotropical Sphaerophoria (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from molecular characters
Systematics and biodiversity, 1, 19
2021/08
Lillo, I., Pérez‐Bañón, C., Arcaya, E., Mengual, X., Rojo, S.
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First data about the preimaginal morphology of Austroscaeva occidentalis (Shannon, 1927) and re-description of larvae and pupae of Dioprosopa clavata (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Austral Entomology, 3, 60
2021/12
Wachkoo, A.A., van Steenis, J., Maqbool, A., Akbar, S., Skevington, J.H., Mengual, X.
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Two flower fly species (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to India
2, 29
2021/08
Vujić, A., Tot, T., Andrić, A., Ačanski, J., Šašić Zorić, L., Pérez-Bañón, C., Aracil, A., Veselić, S., Arok, M., Mengual, X., van Eck, A., Rojo, S., Radenković, S.
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Review of the Merodon natans group with description of a new species, a key to the adults of known species of the natans lineage and first descriptions of some preimaginal stages
Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 79
2021/11
Mengual, X.
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Rectification to Mengual (2020) for misidentification of Paragus flammeus Goeldlin de Tiefenau, 1971 and new record of P. vandergooti Marcos-Garcia, 1986 from …
3/4, 44
2021/06
Mengual, X., Kazerani, F., Zamani, S.M.
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New species records of flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) for Iran
Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología, 1-2, 45
2021/11
Mengual, X.
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First record of Paragus flammeus Goeldlin de Tiefenau, 1971 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Portugal.
1/2, 44
2021/08
Ahrens, D., Ahyong, S.T., Ballerio, A., Barclay, M.V., Eberle, J., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Mengual, X., Pacheco, T.L., Peters, R.S., RULIK, B., Vaz-De-Mello, F., Wesener, T., Krell, F.
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Is it time to describe new species without diagnoses?—A comment on Sharkey et al. (2021)
Zootaxa, 2, 5027

2020

2020/04
Mengual, X., Ssymank, A., Skevington, J.H., Reemer, M., Ståhls, G.
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The genus Afrosyrphus Curran (Diptera, Syrphidae), with a description of a new species
European Journal of Taxonomy, 635
2020/03
Mengual, X., Bot, S., Chkhartishvili, T., Reimann, A., Thormann, J., von der Mark, L.
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Checklist of hover flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of the Republic of Georgia
ZooKeys, 916
2020/01
Heo, C.C., Rahimi, R., Mengual, X., M. Isa, Mohd.S., Zainal, S., Khofar, P.N., Nazni, W.A.
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Eristalinus arvorum (Fabricius, 1787) (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Human Skull: A New Fly Species of Forensic Importance
Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1, 65
2020/02
Mengual, X.
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Phylogenetic relationships of the bacchine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular characters, with a description of a new species of Melanostoma (Schiner, 1860)
Contributions to Zoology, 2, 89
2020/08
Mengual, X., de Soto Molinari, C.
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First record of the genus Syritta Le Peletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from the West Indies
Check List, 4, 16
2020/03
Pérez-Bañón, C., Rojas, C., Vargas, M., Mengual, X., Rojo, S.
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A world review of reported myiases caused by flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), including the first case of human myiasis from Palpada scutellaris (Fabricius, 1805)
Parasitology research, 3, 119

2019

2019/12
Thormann, J., Ahrens, D., Anderson, C., Astrin, J., Mumladze, L., Rulik, B., Tarkhnishvili, D., Espeland, M., Geiger, M., Hein, N., Iankoshvili, G., Mengual, X., Morkel, C., Neiber, M.T., Peters, R., Reimann, A., Ssymank, A., Wesener, T., Ziegler, J., Misof, B.
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A prelude to the Caucasus Barcode of Life Platform (CaBOL): Biodiversity days in Georgia in 2018 and 2019
Bonn zoological bulletin, 2, 68
2019/10
Mengual, X., Баркалов, А.В.
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Two new species of Rohdendorfia (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Central Asia
Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 1, 59
2019/10
Medeiros, H.R., Martello, F., Almeida, E.A.B., Mengual, X., Harper, K.A., Grandinete, Y.C., Metzger, J.P., Righi, C.A., Ribeiro, M.C.
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Landscape structure shapes the diversity of beneficial insects in coffee producing landscapes
Biological conservation, 238
2019/12
López-García, G.P., Reemer, M., Debandi, G., Mengual, X.
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New information about the third stage larva and larval habitat of Microdon (Chymophila) bruchi Shannon, 1927 (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Argentina
Journal of natural history, 45-46, 53
2019/10
Sonet, G., De Smet, Y., Tang, M., Virgilio, M., Young, A.D., Skevington, J.H., Mengual, X., Backeljau, T., Liu, S., Zhou, X., De Meyer, M., Jordaens, K.
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First mitochondrial genomes of five hoverfly species of the genus Eristalinus (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Genome, 10, 62
2019/09
Mengual, X., Gimnich, F., Petersen, H., Astrin, J.J.
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Natural History Wet Collections: Observations on PH Readings from the Use of Different Ethanol and Label Types
Collection Forum, 1, 33
2019/05
López-García, G., Barahona-Segovia, R.M., Maza, N., Domínguez, M.C., Mengual, X.
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Filling gaps in flower fly distributions: first record of Aneriophora aureorufa (Philippi, 1865) (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Argentina
Check List, 3, 15
2019/02
Aracil, A., Pérez-Bañón, C., Mengual, X., Radenković, S., Ståhls, G., Vujić, A., Rojo, S.
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New information about the pre-imaginal morphology of genus Graptomyza (Diptera, Syrphidae, Volucellini): description of third-instar larva and re-description of puparium of G. signata (Walker, 1860)
African Invertebrates, 1, 60
2019/00
Steenis, J.v., Zuijen, M.P.v., Steenis, W.v., Makris, C., Eck, A.v., Mengual, X.
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Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Cyprus: results from a collecting trip in October 2017
Bonn zoological bulletin, 1, 68

2018

2018/08
Mengual, X., Miranda, G.F.G., Thompson, F.C.
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Unraveling Ocyptamus and the Baccha legacy (Diptera: Syrphidae): redefinition of groups and new species descriptions
Zootaxa, 1, 4461
2018/07
Ramage, T., Sylvain, C., Mengual, X.
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Flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) of French Polynesia, with the description of two new species
European Journal of Taxonomy, 448
2018/07
PAULI, T., BURT, T.O., MEUSEMANN, K., BAYLESS, K., DONATH, A., PODSIADLOWSKI, L., MAYER, C., KOZLOV, A., VASILIKOPOULOS, A., LIU, S., ZHOU, X., YEATES, D., MISOF, B., PETERS, R.S., MENGUAL, X.
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New data, same story: phylogenomics does not support Syrphoidea (Diptera: Syrphidae, Pipunculidae)
Systematic entomology, 3, 43
2018/11
Norrbom, A.L., Barr, N.B., Kerr, P.H., Mengual, X., Nolazco, N., Rodriguez, E.J., Steck, G.J., Sutton, B.D., Uramoto, K., Zucchi, R.A.
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Synonymy of Toxotrypana Gerstaecker with Anastrepha Schiner (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4, 120
2018/05
Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Láska, P., Mazánek, L., Rojo, S.
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Molecular phylogenetics of the predatory lineage of flower flies Eupeodes-Scaeva (Diptera: Syrphidae), with the description of the Neotropical genus Austroscaeva gen. nov.
Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 2, 56
2018/05
Norrbom, A.L., Barr, N.B., Kerr, P., Mengual, X.
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Case 3772 – Anastrepha Schiner, 1868 (Insecta, Diptera, Tephritidae): Proposed precedence over Toxotrypana Gerstaecker, 1860
The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 1, 75
2018/01
Arcaya, E., Mengual, X., Pérez‐Bañón, C., Rojo, S.
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Aspectos biológicos de Pseudodoros clavatus (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae) alimentado con el áfido de las leguminosas Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
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2018/04
Mengual, X.
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A new species of Ischiodon Sack (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Madagascar
1, 59
2018/04
Thompson, C., Wyatt, N., Mengual, X.
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Eosmallota, a new name for Klossia Curran, a genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 2, 154
2018/00
Willner, W., Mengual, X., Ssymank, A.
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Heimische Schwebfliegen im Vergleich
2018/00
Salas, I.C.K., Hamm, A., Mengual, X., Peters, R., Wägele, W.
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Analyse der Bestäubernetzwerke im Kümmel (Carum carvi) mittels DNA-Barcoding
Julius-Kühn-Archiv, 460
2018/07
Burt, T.O., Mengual, X.
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New records of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) from La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 3-4, 42
2018/06
Burt, T.O., Mengual, X.
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New records of'Melanostoma fumivenosum'Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of the male
TheAustralian Entomologist, 2, 45

2017

2017/08
Mengual, X., Kerr, P.H., Norrbom, A.L., Barr, N.B., Lewis, M.W., Stapelfeldt, A.M., Scheffer, S.J., Woods, P.W., Islam, M., Korytkowski, C.A., Uramoto, K., Rodriguez, E.J., Sutton, B.D., Nolazco, N., Steck, G.J., Gaimari, S.D.
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Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Toxotrypanini (Diptera: Tephritidae) based on molecular characters
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 113
2017/12
Arcaya, E., Pérez‐Bañón, C., Mengual, X., Zubcoff, J., Rojo, S.
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Life table and predation rates of the syrphid fly Allograpta exotica, a control agent of the cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora
Biological control, 115
2017/07
Vlašánková, A., Padyšáková, E., Bartoš, M., Mengual, X., Janečková, P., Janeček, Š.
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The nectar spur is not only a simple specialization for long‐proboscid pollinators
New phytologist, 4, 215
2017/12
Arcaya, E., Mengual, X., Velasco, S.R.
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Species of Syrphidae (Insecta: Diptera) of the UCLA University Park, Lara State, Venezuela
2, 19
2017/08
Marín‐Armijos, D., Quezada-Ríos, N., Soto-Armijos, C., Mengual, X.
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Checklist of the flower flies of Ecuador (Diptera, Syrphidae)
691
2017/08
Mengual, X.
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A New Species of Valdiviomyia Vockeroth (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Argentina
3, 119
2017/07
Vujić, A., Nedeljković, Z., Hayat, R., Demirözer, O., Mengual, X., Kazerani, F.
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New data on the genusChrysotoxumMeigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from North-East Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran including descriptions of three new species
3, 63
2017/08
Burt, T.O., Mengual, X.
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Origin and diversification of hoverflies: a revision of the genera Asarkina and Allobaccha – A BIG4 Consortium PhD project
3
2017/00
Thompson, F., Mengual, X., Young, A., Skevington, J.
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Flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Philippines, Solomon Islands, Wallacea and New Guinea
Biodiversity, biogeography and nature conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, 3
2017/00
Kazerani, F., Talebi, A.A., Mengual, X.
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First record of Chrysotoxum baphyrum Walker from West Palaearctic (Diptera: Syrphidae), with key to species of Chrysotoxum Meigen from Iran
Bonn zoological bulletin, 2, 66

2016

2016/08
Mengual, X.
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A taxonomic revision of the genus Asiobaccha Violovitsh (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Journal of natural history, 41-42, 50
2016/06
Young, A.D., Lemmon, A.R., Skevington, J.H., Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Reemer, M., Jordaens, K., Kelso, S., Lemmon, E.M., Hauser, M., De Meyer, M., Misof, B., Wiegmann, B.M.
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Anchored enrichment dataset for true flies (order Diptera) reveals insights into the phylogeny of flower flies (family Syrphidae)
BMC evolutionary biology, 1, 16
2016/05
Fleischmann, A., Rivadavia, F., Gonella, P.M., Pérez‐Bañón, C., Mengual, X., Rojo, S.
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Where Is My Food? Brazilian Flower Fly Steals Prey from Carnivorous Sundews in a Newly Discovered Plant-Animal Interaction
5, 11
2016/00
Schwarz, N., Hamm, A., Mengual, X., Peters, R.S.
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Examining Plant-Pollinator Networks in Agriculture
Barcode bulletin

2015

2015/01
Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Rojo, S.
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Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic ranking of pipizine flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with implications for the evolution of aphidophagy
Cladistics, 5, 31
2015/07
Rozo‐Lopez, P., Mengual, X.
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Mosquito species (Diptera, Culicidae) in three ecosystems from the Colombian Andes: identification through DNA barcoding and adult morphology
ZooKeys, 513
2015/03
Rozo-López, P., Mengual, X.
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Updated list of the mosquitoes of Colombia (Diptera: Culicidae)
3
2015/07
Mengual, X., Thompson, C.
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Australian Allograpta Osten Sacken (Diptera, Syrphidae)
513
2015/09
Mengual, X.
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The systematic position and phylogenetic relationships of Asiobaccha Violovitsh (Diptera, Syrphidae)
3, 18
2015/05
Mengual, X., Ssymank, A.
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New records ofPsarus abdominalis(Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), a threatened species in Europe
3, 51
2015/04
Mengual, X., Kazerani, F., Talebi, A.A., Gilasian, E.
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A revision of the genus Pelecocera Meigen with the description of the male of pelecocera persiana Kuznetzov from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)
1, 3947
2015/12
Mengual, X., García, G.P.L.
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First records of Nausigaster flukei (Diptera, Syrphidae) from Argentina
6, 11

2014

2014/05
Mengual, X.
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Revision of the genusRhinoprosopa(Diptera: Syrphidae)
1, 147

2013

2013/12
Mengual, X.
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Notes on Citrogramma Vockeroth and Eosphaerophoria Frey (Diptera: Syrphidae)
3, 3745

2012

2012/01
Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Rojo, S.
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Is the mega-diverse genus Ocyptamus (Diptera, Syrphidae) monophyletic? Evidence from molecular characters including the secondary structure of 28S rRNA
1, 62

2011

2011/08
Mengual, X., Thompson, F.C.
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Carmine cochineal killers: the flower fly genus Eosalpingogaster Hull (Diptera: Syrphidae) revised
4, 36
2011/10
Mengual, X.
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Black-tie dress code: two new species of the genus Toxomerus (Diptera, Syrphidae)
140

2010

2010/01
Mengual, X., Ghorpadé, K.
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The flower fly genus Eosphaerophoria Frey (Diptera, Syrphidae)
33

2008

2008/08
Mengual, X., Ståhls, G., Rojo, S.
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First phylogeny of predatory flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae) using mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA genes: conflict and congruence with the current tribal classification
Cladistics, 4, 24

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