Tailored to kill: A customized UCE probe set for robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)

Monday, November 11, 2024

11:30 AM – 11:42 AM MST

Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 224 B, PCC

Presenting Author(s)

Teagan Marie Mulford

PhD Student
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Co-Author(s)

GG

Grey Gustafson (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona

Robber flies (Asilidae) are voracious and powerful predators. They are among the top three most species-rich families of Diptera with over 7,000 described species and 550 genera currently known. Within Asilidae, the monophyly of several subfamilies, tribes, and genera are contested, but have yet to be tested with morphological or modern phylogenetic approaches. To aid in this endeavor, we have designed a tailored ultraconserved element (UCE) probe set for Asilidae. This new probe set will also include the integration of a legacy probe set.