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Distribution of Sarcophagidae (Diptera, Oestroidea) in Brazilian biomes: richness, endemism, and sampling gaps

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Sarcophagid experts have made several efforts to associate biodiversity data and comprehend where each species occurs, but comprehensive faunal inventories remain scarce. Our aim was to provide a list of distributional patterns and endemic species and allow assessment of the sampling effort conducted within Brazilian biomes. We produced a dataset of Brazilian sarcophagids and overlaid with a biome map, to investigate distributional patterns, endemism and to build species accumulation curves. Additionally, we calculated nonparametric asymptotic species richness estimators and extrapolation of species diversity (Hill numbers). Our dataset comprised 288 sarcophagid species, which 21 were identified as endemic. The biomes with the highest species richness were the Atlantic Rainforest and the Amazon Forest, and no biome exhibited a stabilized asymptotic curve. This is the first proposal of listing Sarcophagidae species by biomes and essential to understand the spatial distribution of this family in Brazil. We present maps and richness estimators that allow identifying gaps and guiding survey planning.

Source: Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2024.2380155

Authors: Marina Morim Gomes, Bruno Moreira Carvalho, Márcia Souto Couri

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Language: English

Topic: Diptera species taxonomy and behavior

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: green

Funders: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense