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Most cited papers in Diptera species taxonomy and behavior

Diptera species taxonomy and behavior

What are the most cited papers in Diptera species taxonomy and behavior?

The most cited paper in Diptera species taxonomy and behavior is "DNA Barcoding and Taxonomy in Diptera: A Tale of High Intraspecific Variability and Low Identification Success" (Rudolf Meier, Shiyang Kwong, Gaurav Vaidya et al., 2006), with 1,445 citations. Next come "Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life" (986) and "Best practice in forensic entomology—standards and guidelines" (823).

Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 126 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 DNA Barcoding and Taxonomy in Diptera: A Tale of High Intraspecific Variability and Low Identification Success Rudolf Meier, Shiyang Kwong, Gaurav Vaidya et al. · Systematic Biology Oct 2006 1,445
2 Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life Brian M. Wiegmann et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 14 Mar 2011 986
3 Best practice in forensic entomology—standards and guidelines Jens Amendt, Carlo Pietro Campobasso, Emmanuel Gaudry et al. · International Journal of Legal Medicine 21 Apr 2006 823
4 A manual of forensic entomology Y.Z. Erzinçlioğlu · Parasitology Today 1987 819
5 A historic account of the invasion of Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in the continental United States, with remarks on their identification Martin Hauser · Pest Management Science 6 Sep 2011 517
6 Visual control of flight behaviour in the hoverflySyritta pipiens L. Thomas Stephen Collett, M. F. Land · Journal of Comparative Physiology A Mar 1975 514
7 FlyBase: updates to the Drosophila melanogaster knowledge base Aoife Larkin et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 22 Oct 2020 501
8 Forensic entomology Jens Amendt, Roman Krettek, Richard Zehner · Die Naturwissenschaften 24 Jan 2004 455
9 Genetic differentiation between sympatric host races of the apple maggot fly Rhagoletis pomonella Jeffrey L. Feder, Charles A. Chilcote, Guy L. Bush · Nature Nov 1988 452
10 Key to the adults of the most common forensic species of Diptera in South America Cláudio José Barros de Carvalho, Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu · Revista Brasileira de Entomologia Open access Sep 2008 397
11 Minimum and Maximum Development Rates of Some Forensically Important Calliphoridae (Diptera) GS Anderson · Journal of Forensic Sciences Jul 2000 397
12 Midges: Chironomidae and Related Diptera Ian R. Walker · Developments in paleoenvironmental research Book chapter 2001 377
13 A Roadmap for Bridging Basic and Applied Research in Forensic Entomology Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Rachel Mohr, M. Eric Benbow et al. · Annual Review of Entomology ReviewOpen access 6 Dec 2010 349
14 Freshwater Biodiversity and Aquatic Insect Diversification Klaas‐Douwe B. Dijkstra, Michael T. Monaghan, Steffen U. Pauls · Annual Review of Entomology ReviewOpen access 25 Oct 2013 330
15 Biology and control of tabanids, stable flies and horn flies Lane D. Foil, Jerome A. Hogsette · Scientific and Technical Review (World Organisation for Animal Health) Dec 1994 295
16 A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision Stephen L. Cameron, Christine L. Lambkin, Stephen C. Barker et al. · Systematic Entomology 15 Sep 2006 288
17 New Diets for Production of House Flies and Stable Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in the Laboratory Jerome A. Hogsette · Journal of Economic Entomology Dec 1992 288
18 A DNA-Based Approach to the Identification of Insect Species Used for Postmorten Interval Estimation Felix A. H. Sperling, GS Anderson, DA Hickey · Journal of Forensic Sciences Mar 1994 286
19 CONGRUENCE AND CONTROVERSY: Toward a Higher-Level Phylogeny of Diptera David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann · Annual Review of Entomology Review 1999 285
20 Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness Thomas Pape, VLADIMIR A. BLAGODEROV, MIKHAIL B. MOSTOVSKI · Zootaxa Open access 23 Dec 2011 276
21 Comparative Study of Thirteen Species of Sarcosaprophagous Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera)1 I. Bionomics Adel S. Kamal · Annals of the Entomological Society of America May 1958 268
22 Manual of central american diptera Márcia Souto Couri · Revista Brasileira de Entomologia Open access Dec 2011 256
23 Variation in selection and utilization of host crops in the field and laboratory by Drosophila suzukii Matsumara (Diptera: Drosophilidae), an invasive frugivore Hannah Joy Burrack, Gina E. Fernandez, Taylor Spivey et al. · Pest Management Science 5 Feb 2013 256
24 A comparative analysis of the evolution of imperfect mimicry Heather D. Penney, Christopher Hassall, Jeffrey H. Skevington et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2012 246
25 Foraging ecology of hoverflies: morphology of the mouthparts in relation to feeding on nectar and pollen in some common urban species Francis S Gilbert · Ecological Entomology Aug 1981 234
26 The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera) Bradley J. Sinclair, Jeffrey M. Cumming · Zootaxa Open access 21 Apr 2006 230
27 Evolution and phylogenetic utility of CAD (rudimentary) among Mesozoic-aged Eremoneuran Diptera (Insecta) John Kevin Moulton, Brian M. Wiegmann · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9 Oct 2003 227
28 The development of a multipurpose trap (the Nzi) for tsetse and other biting flies Steve Mihok · Bulletin of Entomological Research Oct 2002 226
29 Why are there good and poor mimics? Malcolm Edmunds · Biological Journal of the Linnean Society Jul 2000 225
30 DNA-based identification of forensically important Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Jeffrey D. Wells, Felix A. H. Sperling · Forensic Science International Aug 2001 225
31 Economic analysis of revenue losses and control costs associated with the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura), in the California raspberry industry Derek Farnsworth, Kelly A. Hamby, Mark P. Bolda et al. · Pest Management Science Open access 10 Dec 2016 219
32 Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine's fly Sujatha Narayanan Kutty, Thomas Pape, Brian M. Wiegmann et al. · Systematic Entomology Open access 5 Aug 2010 214
33 Phylogeography of the montane caddisfly Drusus discolor: evidence for multiple refugia and periglacial survival Steffen U. Pauls, Helge Thorsten Lumbsch, Peter Haase · Molecular Ecology 9 Jun 2006 213
34 Field boundaries as barriers to movement of hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) in cultivated land S. D. Wratten, Michael H. Bowie, Janice M. Hickman et al. · Oecologia 25 Jan 2003 212
35 The Genus Chrysomya (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the New World1 Donald L. Baumgartner, Bernard Greenberg · Journal of Medical Entomology 26 Jan 1984 211
36 Larval growth rates of the blowfly, Calliphora vicina , over a range of temperatures Sarah E. Donovan, M. J. R. Hall, Bryan D. Turner et al. · Medical and Veterinary Entomology 9 Jan 2006 210
37 DNA-Based Identification and Molecular Systematics of Forensically Important Sarcophagidae (Diptera) Jeffrey D. Wells, Thomas Pape, Felix A. H. Sperling · Journal of Forensic Sciences Sep 2001 205
38 Maggot therapy: a review of the therapeutic applications of fly larvae in human medicine, especially for treating osteomyelitis Ronald Arlen Sherman, Edward A. Pechter · Medical and Veterinary Entomology Jul 1988 203
39 Six Forensic Entomology Cases: Description and Commentary Mark Benecke · Journal of Forensic Sciences Jul 1998 202
40 Spatial and temporal variability of necrophagous Diptera from urban to rural areas Chung‐Chi Hwang, Bryan D. Turner · Medical and Veterinary Entomology Dec 2005 200
41 Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Leigh A. Nelson, Christine L. Lambkin, Philip Batterham et al. · Gene 5 Oct 2012 200
42 Diptera and Coleoptera of potential forensic importance in southeastern Brazil: relative abundance and seasonality Ariana Maria de Souza, Arício Xavier Linhares · Medical and Veterinary Entomology 1997 198
43 Phylogenetics and temporal diversification of the earliest true flies (Insecta: Diptera) based on multiple nuclear genes Matthew A. Bertone, Gregory W. Courtney, Brian M. Wiegmann · Systematic Entomology Oct 2008 197
44 Rapid, large-scale species discovery in hyperdiverse taxa using 1D MinION sequencing Amrita Srivathsan, Emily Hartop, Jayanthi Puniamoorthy et al. · BMC Biology Open access 29 Nov 2019 192
45 PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF SEXUAL DIMORPHISM AND EYE-SPAN ALLOMETRY IN STALK-EYED FLIES (DIOPSIDAE) Richard H. J. Baker, Gerald S. Wilkinson · Evolution Jul 2001 192
46 Using COI barcodes to identify forensically and medically important blowflies Leigh A. Nelson, James F. Wallman, Mark Dowton · Medical and Veterinary Entomology Open access Mar 2007 190
47 The blowfly Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as a new forensic indicator in Central Europe Martin Grassberger, Elisabeth Friedrich, Christian Reiter · International Journal of Legal Medicine Apr 2003 188
48 Insect biomass decline scaled to species diversity: General patterns derived from a hoverfly community Caspar A. Hallmann, Axel Ssymank, Martin Sorg et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Jan 2021 182
49 Effect of temperature on development of the forensically important holarctic blow fly Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Martin Grassberger, Christian Reiter · Forensic Science International Aug 2002 182
50 Habitat Manipulation to Enhance Biological Control of Brassica Pests by Hover Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) Anthony J. White, S. D. Wratten, Nadine A. Berry et al. · Journal of Economic Entomology Oct 1995 182

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