List of works - David Yeates

A Volume Celebrating the Life of Don Colless, Australian Dipterist 1922–2012.

scientific article

A critique of Rossberg et al.: Noise obscures the genetic signal of meiobiotal ecospecies in ecogenomic datasets.

scientific article published on 26 March 2014

A molecular phylogeny for the Tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae): systematic and biogeographic implications

scientific article published on 18 May 2012

A multigene phylogeny of the fly superfamily Asiloidea (Insecta): Taxon sampling and additional genes reveal the sister-group to all higher flies (Cyclorrhapha).

scientific article

A new sericomyiine flower fly from China (Diptera: Syrphidae)

scientific article (publication date: 3 September 2014)

A new species of Anabarhynchus (Diptera: Therevidae) from an ocean beach in south east Victoria

scientific article

A new species, new immature stages, and new synonymy in Australian Dasybasis flies (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini)

scientific article (publication date: 9 April 2015)

A review of the Australian species of Thevenetimyia Bigot, 1875 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Eclimini), with description of four new species and the pupal case of T. longipalpis (Hardy) ⬇️

A second species of Apteropanorpa Carpenter from Tasmania (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae)

article

A view from the edge of the forest: recent progress in understanding the relationships of the insect orders

article by David Yeates et al published 2 March 2012 in Australian Journal of Entomology

Advances in insect phylogeny at the dawn of the postgenomic era.

scientific article published on January 2012

An emerging example of tritrophic coevolution between flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and nematodes (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) on Myrtaceae host plants

article

An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera : Bombyliidae)

article

Anzomyia (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae: Scionini): a new genus of Australian and New Zealand horse fly, including the description of three new species

article

Are the shoot bud galls ofFergusonina Malloch, 1924 (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) founded by multiple mothers?

Australian biodiversity: threats for the present, opportunities for the future

article

Beyond barcoding: a mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

scientific article published on 5 October 2012

CD Review

review of CAB International Key to the Indo-Australian Dacini Fruit Flies

Calosargus talbragarensis New Species: the First Brachyceran Fly from the Jurassic of Australia (Diptera, Archisargidae)

article

Can whole-drawer images measure up? A reply to Johnson et al. (2013)?

scientific article

Comparative phylogeography and speciation of dung beetles from the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest

scientific article published on 8 October 2007

DNA profiling resolves the limited importance of flower colour in defining varieties of Lantana camara ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 1997

Decline of a biome: evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

scholarly article published in 2011

Diet and Feeding Behavior in Adults of the Apteropanorpidae (Mecoptera)

article by Christopher M. Palmer & David Yeates published March 2005 in Journal of Insect Behavior

Discovery of Lebambromyia in Myanmar Cretaceous Amber: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications (Insecta, Diptera, Phoroidea)

scholarly article published in 2021

Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of Australian glow-worms Arachnocampa (Diptera, Keroplatidae).

scientific article

Eight new species of Australian stiletto flies in the genus Anabarhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Therevidae) from South East Queensland

scientific article (publication date: 28 May 2014)

Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

scientific article

Evocoidae (Diptera: Asiloidea), a new family name for Ocoidae, based on Evocoa, a replacement name for the Chilean genus Ocoa Yeates, Irwin, and Wiegmann 2003 ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 February 2006

First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae)

scientific article (publication date: 24 September 2015)

INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution".

scientific article published on July 2015

Immature stages of the Australian flower-loving fly Apiocera striativentris (Diptera: Apioceridae)

scientific article

Infrared video thermography: a technique for assessing cold adaptation in insects

scientific article published in August 2004

Invasive phytophagous pests arising through a recent tropical evolutionary radiation: the Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies

scientific article published in January 2005

Museums are biobanks: unlocking the genetic potential of the three billion specimens in the world's biological collections

scientific article

Nematodes from galls on Myrtaceae. VI. Fergusobia from galls on Angophora in Australia, with description of F. colbrani n. sp. and key

scientific article (publication date: 25 August 2014)

New species of the Australian horse fly subgenusScaptia (Plinthina)Walker 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae), including species descriptions and a revised key

article

New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia

scientific article (publication date: 18 June 2013)

Notoatherix antiqua gen. et sp. nov., first fossil water snipe fly from the Late Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Athericidae)

scientific article (publication date: 22 September 2014)

Obituary-Donald Henry Colless 1922–2012

scientific article (publication date: 18 June 2013)

Ocoidae, a new family of asiloid flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), based on Ocoa chilensis gen. and sp.n. from Chile, South America

scientific article published in October 2003

One hundred years of solitude ended: A second species of Marmasoma White, 1916 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Eclimini) from Australia

scientific article

Opaluma Lessard & Woodley, gen. nov: a new genus of iridescent soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Australia, including seven new species ⬇️

scientific article published in August 2020

Overcoming the effects of rogue taxa: Evolutionary relationships of the bee flies ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 5 May 2011)

Phylogenetic classification of Eudorylini (Diptera: Pipunculidae)

scholarly article by Jeffrey H. Skevington & David Yeates published October 2001 in Systematic Entomology

Phylogenetic revision of Agapophytinae subf.n. (Diptera: Therevidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence

scientific article published in April 2001

Phylogenetic revision of the Taenogera Krober genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae), with descriptions of two new genera

scholarly article by Shaun L Winterton et al published November 1999 in Australian Journal of Entomology

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

scientific article (publication date: 6 November 2014)

Phylogeny of the syrphoidea (Diptera) inferred from mtDNA sequences and morphology with particular reference to classification of the pipunculidae (Diptera).

scientific article published in August 2000

Plant hosts and parasitoid associations of leaf mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in the Canberra region of Australia

scientific article published in February 2008

Power, resolution and bias: recent advances in insect phylogeny driven by the genomic revolution

scientific article

Review of Australian Sarginae soldier fly genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with first records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Review of the Australian Apiocera minor Norris species-group (Diptera: Apioceridae) with a revised key to species

scientific article (publication date: 18 May 2013)

Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Pilosia Hull, 1973 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) from Western Australia

scientific article

Revision of the Hermetiinae of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) ⬇️

article

Revision of the endemic Australian robber fly genus Daptolestes Hull (Diptera: Asilidae) and description of Humorolethalis gen. nov.

scientific article published in July 2020

Seven new Australian species of the southern hemisphere horse fly subgenus Scaptia (Pseudoscione) (Diptera: Tabanidae), including descriptions and a revised key.

scientific article

Single-copy nuclear genes resolve the phylogeny of the holometabolous insects

scientific article (publication date: 24 June 2009)

Species diversity of Fergusonina Malloch gall flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) forming leaf bud galls on snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. complex), with a description of a new species from Tasmania

article

Systematic revision of Johnmannia Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae): Atypical metallic stiletto flies from Australian mesic habitats

scientific article (publication date: 23 February 2005)

Systematics of Nanexila Winterton & Irwin, gen. nov. (Diptera:Therevidae) from Australia

article

Systematics of the Apteropanorpidae (Insecta : Mecoptera) based on morphological and molecular evidence

Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation ⬇️

journal article from 'PLOS Biology' published in 2018

Tension arises from duality at the heart of taxonomy

scientific article (publication date: 26 September 2002)

The complete mitochondrial genome of the flesh fly, Sarcophaga impatiens Walker (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

scientific article published in February 2012

The complete mitochondrial genome of the gall-forming fly, Fergusonina taylori Nelson and Yeates (Diptera: Fergusoninidae).

scientific article published in October 2011

The evolution and biogeography of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear genes

scientific article published on 9 May 2013

The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies

article published in 1997

The first Ironomyiidae from mid‐Cretaceous Burmese amber provides insights into the phylogeny of Phoroidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)

scholarly article by Xuan-Kun Li & David Yeates published 12 December 2018 in Systematic Entomology

The impact of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera on phylogenetic dipterology

scholarly article by David Yeates & Brian M. Wiegmann published 29 March 2012 in The Canadian Entomologist

The phylogenetic relationships among infraorders and superfamilies of Diptera based on morphological evidence

article

Time Flies, a New Molecular Time-Scale for Brachyceran Fly Evolution Without a Clock

article

Time flies, a new molecular time-scale for brachyceran fly evolution without a clock

scientific article (publication date: December 2003)

Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

scientific article published in 2018

Two new species of sympatric Fergusonina Malloch flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from bud galls on high-elevation snow gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. complex) in the Australian Alps

article

Two new species ofFergusoninaMalloch gall fly (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from leaf bud galls on black sallee (Eucalyptus stellulata) and manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)

article

Woodland birds and insect decline

scientific article published in 2023

List of works by David Yeates

A Volume Celebrating the Life of Don Colless, Australian Dipterist 1922–2012.

A critique of Rossberg et al.: Noise obscures the genetic signal of meiobiotal ecospecies in ecogenomic datasets.

A molecular phylogeny for the Tribe Dacini (Diptera: Tephritidae): systematic and biogeographic implications

A multigene phylogeny of the fly superfamily Asiloidea (Insecta): Taxon sampling and additional genes reveal the sister-group to all higher flies (Cyclorrhapha).

A new sericomyiine flower fly from China (Diptera: Syrphidae)

A new species of Anabarhynchus (Diptera: Therevidae) from an ocean beach in south east Victoria

A new species, new immature stages, and new synonymy in Australian Dasybasis flies (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini)

A review of the Australian species of Thevenetimyia Bigot, 1875 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Eclimini), with description of four new species and the pupal case of T. longipalpis (Hardy) ⬇️

A second species of Apteropanorpa Carpenter from Tasmania (Mecoptera: Apteropanorpidae)

A view from the edge of the forest: recent progress in understanding the relationships of the insect orders

Advances in insect phylogeny at the dawn of the postgenomic era.

An emerging example of tritrophic coevolution between flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and nematodes (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) on Myrtaceae host plants

An evolutionary radiation of beeflies in semi-arid Australia: systematics of the Exoprosopini (Diptera : Bombyliidae)

Anzomyia (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae: Scionini): a new genus of Australian and New Zealand horse fly, including the description of three new species

Are the shoot bud galls ofFergusonina Malloch, 1924 (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) founded by multiple mothers?

Australian biodiversity: threats for the present, opportunities for the future

Beyond barcoding: a mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae).

CD Review

Calosargus talbragarensis New Species: the First Brachyceran Fly from the Jurassic of Australia (Diptera, Archisargidae)

Can whole-drawer images measure up? A reply to Johnson et al. (2013)?

Comparative phylogeography and speciation of dung beetles from the Australian Wet Tropics rainforest

DNA profiling resolves the limited importance of flower colour in defining varieties of Lantana camara ⬇️

Decline of a biome: evolution, contraction, fragmentation, extinction and invasion of the Australian mesic zone biota

Diet and Feeding Behavior in Adults of the Apteropanorpidae (Mecoptera)

Discovery of Lebambromyia in Myanmar Cretaceous Amber: Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Implications (Insecta, Diptera, Phoroidea)

Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of Australian glow-worms Arachnocampa (Diptera, Keroplatidae).

Eight new species of Australian stiletto flies in the genus Anabarhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Therevidae) from South East Queensland

Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life

Evocoidae (Diptera: Asiloidea), a new family name for Ocoidae, based on Evocoa, a replacement name for the Chilean genus Ocoa Yeates, Irwin, and Wiegmann 2003 ⬇️

First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae)

INSECT PHYLOGENOMICS. Response to Comment on "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution".

Immature stages of the Australian flower-loving fly Apiocera striativentris (Diptera: Apioceridae)

Infrared video thermography: a technique for assessing cold adaptation in insects

Invasive phytophagous pests arising through a recent tropical evolutionary radiation: the Bactrocera dorsalis complex of fruit flies

Museums are biobanks: unlocking the genetic potential of the three billion specimens in the world's biological collections

Nematodes from galls on Myrtaceae. VI. Fergusobia from galls on Angophora in Australia, with description of F. colbrani n. sp. and key

New species of the Australian horse fly subgenusScaptia (Plinthina)Walker 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae), including species descriptions and a revised key

New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia

Notoatherix antiqua gen. et sp. nov., first fossil water snipe fly from the Late Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Athericidae)

Obituary-Donald Henry Colless 1922–2012

Ocoidae, a new family of asiloid flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), based on Ocoa chilensis gen. and sp.n. from Chile, South America

One hundred years of solitude ended: A second species of Marmasoma White, 1916 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Eclimini) from Australia

Opaluma Lessard & Woodley, gen. nov: a new genus of iridescent soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Australia, including seven new species ⬇️

Overcoming the effects of rogue taxa: Evolutionary relationships of the bee flies ⬇️

Phylogenetic classification of Eudorylini (Diptera: Pipunculidae)

Phylogenetic revision of Agapophytinae subf.n. (Diptera: Therevidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence

Phylogenetic revision of the Taenogera Krober genus-group (Diptera: Therevidae), with descriptions of two new genera

Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution

Phylogeny of the syrphoidea (Diptera) inferred from mtDNA sequences and morphology with particular reference to classification of the pipunculidae (Diptera).

Plant hosts and parasitoid associations of leaf mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in the Canberra region of Australia

Power, resolution and bias: recent advances in insect phylogeny driven by the genomic revolution

Review of Australian Sarginae soldier fly genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with first records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa

Review of the Australian Apiocera minor Norris species-group (Diptera: Apioceridae) with a revised key to species

Revision of the Australian bee fly genus Pilosia Hull, 1973 (Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) from Western Australia

Revision of the Hermetiinae of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) ⬇️

Revision of the endemic Australian robber fly genus Daptolestes Hull (Diptera: Asilidae) and description of Humorolethalis gen. nov.

Seven new Australian species of the southern hemisphere horse fly subgenus Scaptia (Pseudoscione) (Diptera: Tabanidae), including descriptions and a revised key.

Single-copy nuclear genes resolve the phylogeny of the holometabolous insects

Species diversity of Fergusonina Malloch gall flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) forming leaf bud galls on snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. complex), with a description of a new species from Tasmania

Systematic revision of Johnmannia Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae): Atypical metallic stiletto flies from Australian mesic habitats

Systematics of Nanexila Winterton & Irwin, gen. nov. (Diptera:Therevidae) from Australia

Systematics of the Apteropanorpidae (Insecta : Mecoptera) based on morphological and molecular evidence

Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation ⬇️

Tension arises from duality at the heart of taxonomy

The complete mitochondrial genome of the flesh fly, Sarcophaga impatiens Walker (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).

The complete mitochondrial genome of the gall-forming fly, Fergusonina taylori Nelson and Yeates (Diptera: Fergusoninidae).

The evolution and biogeography of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear genes

The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies

The first Ironomyiidae from mid‐Cretaceous Burmese amber provides insights into the phylogeny of Phoroidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)

The impact of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera on phylogenetic dipterology

The phylogenetic relationships among infraorders and superfamilies of Diptera based on morphological evidence

Time Flies, a New Molecular Time-Scale for Brachyceran Fly Evolution Without a Clock

Time flies, a new molecular time-scale for brachyceran fly evolution without a clock

Two new genera of Apsilocephalidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Two new species of sympatric Fergusonina Malloch flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from bud galls on high-elevation snow gums (Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieb. ex Spreng. complex) in the Australian Alps

Two new species ofFergusoninaMalloch gall fly (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from leaf bud galls on black sallee (Eucalyptus stellulata) and manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)

Woodland birds and insect decline