The Wiegmann Lab at North Carolina State University
Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes
John Soghigian, Charles Sither, Silvia Andrade Justi, Gen Morinaga, Brian K. Cassel, Christopher J. Vitek, Todd Livdahl, Siyang Xia, Andrea Gloria-Soria, Jeffrey R. Powell, Thomas Zavortink, Christopher M. Hardy, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Lawrence E. Reeves, Richard C. Wilkerson, Robert R. Dunn, David K. Yeates, Maria Anice Sallum, Brian D. Byrd, Michelle D. Trautwein, Yvonne-Marie Linton, Michael H. Reiskind & Brian M. Wiegmann. Nature Communications, 2023.
Mosquitoes have profoundly affected human history and continue to threaten human health through the transmission of a diverse array of pathogens. The phylogeny of mosquitoes has remained poorly characterized due to difficulty in taxonomic sampling and limited availability of genomic data beyond the most important vector species. Here, we used phylogenomic analysis of 709 single copy ortholog groups from 256 mosquito species to produce a strongly supported phylogeny that resolves the position of the major disease vector species and the major mosquito lineages.
Our analyses support an origin of mosquitoes in the early Triassic (217 MYA [highest posterior density region: 188–250 MYA]), considerably older than previous estimates. Moreover, we utilize an extensive database of host associations for mosquitoes to show that mosquitoes have shifted to feeding upon the blood of mammals numerous times, and that mosquito diversification and host-use patterns within major lineages appear to coincide in earth history both with major continental drift events and with the diversification of vertebrate classes.
Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics
Keith M. Bayless, Michelle D. Trautwein, Karen Meusemann, Seunggwan Shin, Malte Petersen, Alexander Donath, Lars Podsiadlowski, Christoph Mayer, Oliver Niehuis, Ralph S. Peters, Rudolf Meier, Sujatha Narayanan Kutty, Shanlin Liu, Xin Zhou, Bernhard Misof, David K. Yeates & Brian M. Wiegmann. BMC Biology, 2021.
Our results support a paraphyletic acalyptrate grade including a monophyletic Calyptratae and the monophyly of half of the acalyptrate superfamilies. The primary branching framework of Schizophora is well supported for the first time, revealing the primarily parasitic Pipunculidae and Sciomyzoidea stat. rev. as successive sister groups to the remaining Schizophora. Ephydroidea, Drosophila’s superfamily, is the sister group of Calyptratae. Sphaeroceroidea has modest support as the sister to all non-sciomyzoid Schizophora. We define two novel lineages corroborated by morphological traits, the ‘Modified Oviscapt Clade’ containing Tephritoidea, Nerioidea, and other families, and the ‘Cleft Pedicel Clade’ containing Calyptratae, Ephydroidea, and other families. Support values remain low among a challenging subset of lineages, including Diopsidae. The placement of these families remained uncertain in both concatenated maximum likelihood and multispecies coalescent approaches. Rogue taxon removal was effective in increasing support values compared with strategies that maximise gene coverage or minimise missing data.
Selected Publications
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2026
Bailey, E.M., Michelsen, V., Cassel, B.K., Szpila, K., Bayless, K.M., Grzywacz, A., Powell, G.S., Pape, T. and Wiegmann, B.M., 2026. Phylogenomics of Anthomyiidae and a revised classification of Scathophagidae (Diptera: Calyptratae). Systematic Entomology, 51(1), p.e70037.
Hickner, P.V., Sim, S.B., Luecke, D., Bailey, E., Saelao, P., Yusseff-Vanegas, S.Z, Corpuz, R. L., Bodine, D., Bendele, K.G., Quintero, G., Arp, A.P., Tietjen, M., Sagel, A., Vasquez, M., Geib, S.M., Wiegmann, B.M., Scott, M.J., Lohmeyer, K.H., and Olafson, P.U. (2026). Haplotype-resolved genome assemblies for the New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae), using the trio binning approach. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2026;, jkag053, https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkag053.
Norrbom, A.L., Rodriguez, E.J., Steck, G.J., Cassel, B.K., Ruiz-Arce, R., Muller, A. et al. (2026) A new phylogeny of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) based on nuclear loci obtained by phylogenomic methods. Systematic Entomology, 51(1), e70003. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70003
2025
Beza‐Beza, C. F., Soghigian, J., Bailey, E., Johnston, N. P., Cassel, B. K., Bayless, K. M., Wells, J.D., Yeates, D.K., Wallman, J.F., Yan, L., Thomas-Cabianca, A., Hickner, P.V., Grzywacz, A., Meiklejohn, K.A, Torres, T.T., Scott, M.J., Mikaelyan, A., Zhang, D., Cerretti, P., Szpila, K., Pape, T., and Wiegmann, B. M. (2025). Phylogenomics and the evolution of larval feeding habits in the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Systematic Entomology, e70018.
Kapoor, S., Hickner, P.V., Dickey, A.N., Bailey, E.M., de Paula, L.C.B., Belikoff, E.J., Davis, R.J., Tandonnet, S., Canettieri, C.K., Bertone, M.A., Szpila, K., Hall, R.S., Young, N.D., Korhonen, P.K., Gasser, R. B., Perry, T. Jex, A.R., Bowles, V., Wiegmann, B.M, Torre, T.T, Anstead C., and Scott, M.J. 2025. Comparative genomic analysis of necrophagous and parasitic subspecies of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) provides important insights into their divergent biologies. International Journal for Parasitology, pp.S0020-7519.
Schär S., Talavera, G. Dapporto, L., Bruschini, C., Dincă, V., Beza-Beza, C., Wiegmann, B. M., Pape, T., & Vila, R (2025). Blow fly larvae socially integrated into termite nests through unique morphological and chemical mimicry. Identification, phylogenetic, behavioral and chemicalanalysis of a newly discovered termitophilous blow fly. Current Biology 35:1121-27.
Xuan, J.L., Scheffer, S.J., Soghigian, J., Cassel, B., Lewis, M.L., Li, S.P., Guo, J.Y., Liu, W.X. and Wiegmann, B.M., 2025. Population phylogenomics and genetic structure of the polyphagous leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Evolutionary Applications, 18(7),
p.e70132.
Yeo, H., Chan, C., Morinaga, G., Wiegmann, B.M. and Soghigian, J., 2025. A Way Through the Trees: Molecular Phylogenies Consistently Recover Two Clades of Aedes Mosquitoes. bioRxiv.
2024
Beza‐Beza, C.F., Wiegmann, B.M., Ware, J.A., Petersen, M., Gunter, N., Cole, M.E., Schwarz, M., Bertone, M.A., Young, D. and Mikaelyan, A., 2024. Chewing through challenges: Exploring the evolutionary pathways to wood‐feeding in insects. BioEssays, 46(5), p.2300241.
Johnston, N. P., Pape T., Piwczyński, M., Wallman, J. F., Wiegmann, B. M., Cassel, B. K., Akbarzadeh, K. and Szpila, K. (2024). Anchored phylogenomics and revised classification of the Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Systematic Entomology 49: 138-155.
Norrbom, A.L., Moore, M.R., Paynter, Q., McGrath, Z., Probst, C.M., Korneyev, V.A.,Wiegmann, B.M., Cassel, B., Rodriguez, E.J., Steck, G.J., Sutton, B.D, Branham, M.A., and Ruiz-Arce, R. (2024). Color Morphs in Anastrepha nigrotaenia (Enderlein), New Combination (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Resultant Synonymy. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 126(1), 21-55, (22 August 2024)
2023
Soghigian, J. Sither, C., Justi, S., Morinaga, G., Cassel, B., Vitek, C., Livdahl, T., Xia, S., Gloria- Soria, A., Powell,J., Zavortink, T., Hardy, C., Burkett-Cadena, N., Reeves, L., Wilkerson, R., Dunn, R.,Yeates, D., Sallum, M.A., Byrd,B., Trautwein, M., Linton, Y., Reiskind, M., Wiegmann, B. (2023). An enduring enemy: phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes. Nature Communications, 14 (1), 6252.
Rodriguez, E.J., Norrbom, A.L., Steck, G.J., Moore, M.R., Sutton, B.D., Ruiz-Arce, R., Wiegmann, B.M., Cassel, B., Nolazco, N., Muller, A. and Gangadin, A., 2023. New Host Plant and Distribution Records of Anastrepha Species (Diptera: Tephritidae) Primarily from the Western Amazon. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 125(1): 89-164.
Wiegmann, B. M., & Brown, B. V. (2023). Flies, Gnats, and Mosquitoes. In Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, 3rd Ed., Elsevier.
Xuan, J.L., Scheffer, S.J., Lonsdale, O., Cassel, B.K., Lewis, M.L., Eiseman, C.S., Liu, W.X. and Wiegmann, B.M., (2023). A genome‐wide phylogeny and the diversification of genus Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) inferred from anchored phylogenomics. Systematic Entomology, 48: 178-197.
Xuan, J.L., Scheffer, S.J., Lewis, M., Cassel, B.K., Liu, W.X. and Wiegmann, B.M., (2023). The phylogeny and divergence times of leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from anchored phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution: 107778
2022
Winkler, I.S., Kirk-Spriggs, A.H., Bayless, K.M., Soghigian, J., Meier, R., Pape, T., Yeates, D.K., Carvalho, A.B., Copeland, R.S. and Wiegmann, B.M., 2022. Phylogenetic resolution of the fly superfamily Ephydroidea–Molecular systematics of the enigmatic and diverse relatives of Drosophilidae. PLoS One, 17(10), p.e0274292.
2021
Andrade Justi S, Soghigian J, Pecor DB, Caicedo-Quiroga L, Rutvisuttinunt W, Li T, Stevens L, Dorn PL, Wiegmann B, Linton YM. From e-voucher to genomic data: Preserving archive specimens as demonstrated with medically important mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and kissing bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Plos one. 2021 Feb 25;16(2):e0247068.
Bayless KM, Trautwein MD, Meusemann K, Shin S, Petersen M, Donath A, Podsiadlowski L, Mayer C, Niehuis O, Peters RS, Meier R, Kutty SN, Liu S, Zhou X, Misof B, Yeates DK, Wiegmann BM. Beyond Drosophila: resolving the rapid radiation of schizophoran flies with phylotranscriptomics. BMC Biology. 2021 Feb 8;19(1):23. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00944-8.
Grzywacz A, Trzeciak P, Wiegmann BM, Cassel BK, Pape T, Walczak K, Bystrowski C, Nelson L, Piwczyński M. Towards a new classification of Muscidae (Diptera): a comparison of hypotheses based on multiple molecular phylogenetic approaches. Systematic Entomology. 2021 Jul;46(3):508-25.
Li X, Teasdale LC, Bayless KM, Ellis AG, Wiegmann BM, Lamas CJ, Lambkin CL, Evenhuis NL, Nicholls JA, Hartley D, Shin S., Trautwein M, Zwick A, Lessard BD, Yeates DK. Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae). Cladistics. 2021 Jun;37(3):276-97. doi: 10.1111/cla.12436.
2020
Buenaventura E, Szpila K, Cassel B, Wiegmann B, Pape T. Anchored hybrid enrichment challenges the traditional classification of flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Systematic Entomology. 2020; 45(2):281-301.
2019
Seger KR, Drummond A 2nd, Delgado D, Day CA, Sither CB, Soghigian J, Wiegmann BM, Reiskind MH, Ellis BR, Byrd BD. First Record of Mansonia dyari From Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands. J Am Mosq Control Assoc. 2019 Sep;35(3):214-216. doi: 10.2987/19-6859.
Narayanan Kutty S, Meusemann K, Bayless K, Marinho M, Pont A, Zhou X, Misof B, Wiegmann B, Yeates D, Cerretti P. Phylogenomic analysis of Calyptratae: resolving the phylogenetic relationships within a major radiation of Diptera. Cladistics. 2019; 35(6):605-622.
2018
Gillung JP, Winterton SL, Bayless KM, Khouri Z, Borowiec ML, Yeates D, Kimsey LS, Misof B, Shin S, Zhou X, Mayer C, Petersen M, Wiegmann BM. Anchored phylogenomics unravels the evolution of spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) and reveals discordance between nucleotides and amino acids. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution. 2018 Nov;128:233-245. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.08.007.
Wiegmann BM & Richards S. (2018) Genomes of Diptera. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 25:116-124.
2017
Shin, S., Bayless, K.M., Winterton, S.L., Dikow, T., Lessard, B.D., Yeates, D.K., Wiegmann, B.M. & Trautwein, M.D. (2017) Taxon sampling to address an ancient rapid radiation: a supermatrix phylogeny of early brachyceran flies (Diptera). Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/syen.12275.
Wiegmann, B.M. & Yeates, D.K. (2017) 11. Phylogeny of Diptera. In: Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. & Sinclair, B.J., eds, Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Volume 1. Introductory chapters and keys to Diptera families. Suricata 4. Pretoria: SANBI Graphics & Editing, 253–265 pp.
2016
Courtney, G.W. & Wiegmann, B.M. (2016). Editorial overview: Insect phylogenetics: an expanding toolbox to resolve evolutionary questions. Current Opinion in Insect Science 18: 93-95.
Kjer, K., M. Borowiec, P. Frandsen, J. Ware & B. M. Wiegmann. (2016) Advances using molecular data in insect systematics. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 18: 40-47.
Mendonça, M. N., I. S. Winkler, C. Daugeron, C. J. B. de Carvalho, S. P. Turner, and B. M. Wiegmann. (2016). Where do the Neotropical Empidini Lineages (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae) fit in a worldwide context? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.019.
Schreeg, M. E., H. S. Marr, J. Tarigo, L. A. Cohn, D. M. Bird, E. H. Scholl, M. G. Levy, B. M. Wiegmann, and A. J. Birkeneuer. (2016). Mitochondrial genome sequences and structures aid in the resolution of Piroplasmida phylogeny Plos One, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165702.
Winterton, S. L., Hardy, N.B., Gaimari, S. D., Hauser, M., Hill, H.N., Holston, K. C., Irwin, M.E., Lambkin, C. L., Metz, M. A., Turco, F., Webb, D., Yang, L. and B. M. Wiegmann. (2016). The phylogeny of stiletto flies (Diptera: Therevidae). Systematic Entomology. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12147.
Yeates, D.K., Meusemann, K., Trautwein, M., Wiegmann, B, and A. Zwick. (2016). Power, resolution and bias: recent advances in insect phylogeny driven by the genomic revolution. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 13:16-23.
Young, A.D., J. H. Skevington, X. Mengual, G. Ståhls, M. Reemer, K. Jordaens, S. Kelso, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon, and B. M. Wiegmann. (2016). The first anchored enrichment dataset produced for Diptera reveals insights into the phylogeny of flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae) and sets the stage for future large-scale analyses. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16:143.
2015
Haseyama, K. L., B. M . Wiegmann, E. A. B. Almeida, and C. J. B. de Carvalho. (2015). Say goodbye to tribes in the new house fly classification: a molecular phylogenetic analysis and an updated biogeographical narrative for the Muscidae (Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.006.
Kjer, K., J. L. Ware, J. Rust, T. Wappler, R. Lanfear, L. S. Jermiin, X. Zhou, H. Aspöck, U. Aspöck, R. G. Beutel, A. Blanke, A. Donath, T. Flouri, P. B. Frandsen, P. Kapli, A. Y. Kawahara, H. Letsch, C. Mayer, D. D. McKenna, K. Meusemann, O. Niehuis, R. S. Peters, B. M. Wiegmann, D. K. Yeates, B. M. von Reumont, A. Stamatakis, and B. Misof. (2015). Response to Comment on “Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution” Science 349:487-c.
Morita, S., K. M. Bayless, D. K. Yeates and B. M. Wiegmann. (2015). Molecular phylogeny of the horse flies: a framework for renewing tabanid taxonomy. Systematic Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12145.
Nunn, C. L., S C. Alberts, C. R. McClain, S. R. Meshnick, T. J. Vision, B. M. Wiegmann, and A. G. Rodrigo. (2015). Linking ecology, evolution and health:TriCEM. Bioscience doi:10.1093/biosci/biv086.
Scheirwater, B., P. W. H. Holland, D. J. Miller, P. Stadler, B. M. Wiegmann, G. Wörheide, G, Wray, and R. DeSalle. (2015). Never ending analysis of a century old evolutionary debate: “unringing” the urmetazoon bell. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00005.
2014
Misof, B., S. Liu, K. Meusemann, ... Wiegmann, B. M., et al. (2014). Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution. Science 346: 763-767.
2013
Kirk-Spriggs, A. and B. M. Wiegmann. (2013). A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV – the continental Afrotropical species of Curtonotum Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species, a combined phylogenetic analysis and revised classification of Curtonotidae. Zootaxa, 364:1-166.
Lessard, B.D., S. L. Cameron, K. M. Bayless, B. M. Wiegmann, and D. K. Yeates (2013). The evolution and biogeography of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 68: 516-540.
Rodrigo A., S. Alberts, K. Cranston, J. Kingsolver, H. Lapp, C. McClain, R. Smith, T. Vision, J. Weintraub, and B. Wiegmann (2013). Science incubators: Synthesis centers and their role in the research ecosystem. PLoS Biology 11(1): e1001468. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001468.
Trautwein, M.D., and Wiegmann, B.M. (2013). II.17 Major Events in the Evolution of Arthropods. in The Princeton Guide to Evolution, Losos, J.B. et al. eds. Princeton University Press. Princeton NJ.
2012
Lambkin, C., T. Pape, B. J. Sinclair, G. W. Courtney, J. H. Skevington, R. Meier, D. K. Yeates, V. Blagoderov, and B. M. Wiegmann. (2012) The FLYTREE Morphological Analysis Reveals Dipteran Evolutionary History. Systematic Entomology 38:164-179.
Tothova, A. R. Rozkosny, L. Knutson, S. N. Kutty, B. M. Wiegmann and R. Meier. (2012) A phylogenetic analysis of Sciomyzidae (Diptera) and some related genera. Cladistics, DOI: 10.1111/cla.12002.
Trautwein, M. D., B. Wiegmann, R. Beutel, K. Kjer and D. K. Yeates (2012). Advances in Insect Phylogeny at the Dawn of the Postgenomic Era. Annual Review of Entomology, 57: 449-468.
Y
eates, D.K. and B. M. Wiegmann (2012). The impact of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera on Phylogenetic Dipterology. The Canadian Entomologist 144:1-9.
2011
Copeland, R. S., A. H. Kirk-Spriggs, S. Muteti, W. Booth, and B. M. Wiegmann (2011). Rediscovery of the “terrible hairy fly”, Mormotomyia hirsuta Austen (Diptera: Mormotomyiidae), in eastern Kenya, with notes on biology, natural history, and genetic variation of the Ukasi Hill population. African Invertebrates 52 (2), 363-390.
Trautwein, M. D., B. M. Wiegmann, and D. K. Yeates. (2011) Overcoming the effects of rogue taxa: Evolutionary relationships of the bee flies. PLOS Currents: Tree of Life 2011, Feb 21.
Wiegmann, B. M., Trautwein, M. D., Winkler, I. S., Barr, N. B., Kim, J. Lambkin, C., Bertone, M.A., Cassel, B. K., Bayless, K. M., Heimberg, A. M., Wheeler, B. M., Peterson, K. J., Pape, T. Sinclair, B. J., Skevington, J. S., Blagoderov, V., Caravas, J., Kutty, S. N., Schmidt-Ott, U., Kampmeier, G. E., Thompson, F. C.,
Grimaldi, D. A., Beckenbach, A. T. Courtney, G. W., Friedrich M., Meier, R., and D. K. Yeates (2011) Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 108(14): 5690-5695.
2010
Kutty, S. N., T. Pape, B. M. Wiegmann, and R. Meier (2010). Molecular phylogeny of the Calyptratae (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha) with an emphasis on the superfamily Oestroidea and the position of Mystacinobiidae and McAlpine's fly, Systematic Entomology, 35:614-635.
Lonsdale, O, S. A. Marshall, J. Fu, and B. Wiegmann (2010). Phylogenetic analysis of the druid flies (Diptera: Schizophora: Clusiidae) based on morphological and molecular data Insect Systematics and Evolution, 41:231–274.
Petersen, M. J., M. A. Bertone, B. M. Wiegmann, and G. W. Courtney (2010). Phylogenetic synthesis of morphological and molecular data reveals new insights into the higher-level classification of Tipuloidea (Diptera), Systematic Entomology, 35:526-545.
Trautwein, M. D., B. M. Wiegmann, and D. K. Yeates (2010). A multigene phylogeny of the fly superfamily Asiloidea (Insecta): Taxon sampling and additional genes reveal the sister group to all higher flies (Cyclorrhapha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56:918-930.
Winterton, S. L., N. B. Hardy, and B. M. Wiegmann (2010). On wings of lace: phylogeny and Bayesian divergence time estimates of Neuropterida (Insecta) based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Entomology, 35:349-378.
2009
Barr, N. B. and B. M. Wiegmann, (2009). Phylogenetic relationships of Ceratitis fruit flies inferred from nuclear CAD and tango/ARNT gene fragments: testing monophyly of the subgenera Ceratitis (Ceratitis) and C. (Pterandrus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53: 412-424.
Lambkin C.L., J. W. H. Trueman, D. K. Yeates, K. C. Holston, D. W. Webb, M. Hauser, M. A. Metz, H. N. Hill, J. H. Skevington, L. Yang, M. E. Irwin, and B. M.
Wiegmann. (2009). Supertrees and the Tree of Life: Generating a metaphylogeny for a diverse invertebrate family (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) using constraint trees and the parsimony ratchet to overcome low taxon overlap. Invertebrate Systematics, 23: 171-191.
Reidenbach, K. R., S. Cook, M. A. Bertone, R. E. Harbach, B. M. Wiegmann, and N.J. Besansky (2009). Phylogenetic analysis and temporal diversification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) based on nuclear genes and morphology. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9: 298.
Wiegmann, B. M., M D. Trautwein, J. Kim, M. Bertone, S. L. Winterton, B. K. Cassel, and D. K. Yeates. (2009). Nuclear genes resolve phylogeny of the holometabolous insect orders. BMC Biology 7:34.
2008
Bertone M. A., G. W. Courtney and B. M. Wiegmann. (2008). Phylogenetics and a timescale for diversification of the earliest true flies (Insecta: Diptera) based on multiple nuclear genes. Systematic Entomology. 33: 668–687.
Kutty, S. N., T. Pape, A. Pont, B. M. Wiegmann, and R. Meier. (2008). The Muscoidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) are paraphyletic: Evidence from four mitochondrial and four nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 639-652.
Zhang, W. H., (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang, D. T. Thomas, B. M. Wiegmann, M. W. Frohlich and D. E. Soltis. (2008). Molecular evolution of PISTILLATA-like genes in the dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47: 175-195. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.022
2007
Fan, C. Z., (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang, D. L. Remington, M. D. Purugganan, and B. M. Wiegmann. (2007). Evolutionary pattern of antR-Cor gene in the dwarf dogwoods complex (Cornus, Cornaceae). Genetica 130:19-34.
Holston, K. C., Wiegmann, B. M., and M. E. Irwin. (2007) Monophyly and phylogenetic relationships of Thereva and therevine genus groups (Insecta: Diptera: Therevidae) based on EF-1a, 28S rDNA, and mt16S rDNA sequences. Invertebrate Systematics, 21:279-276.
Moulton, J. K. and B. M. Wiegmann (2007). The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 43:701-713.
Petersen, F. T., Meier, R., S. Kutty, and B. M. Wiegmann (2007). The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 45: 111-122.
Scheffer, S. J., Winkler, I. S., and B. M. Wiegmann (2007). Phylogenetic relationships and host-use evolution within the leafmining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 42:756-775.
Schnell e Schuli, G. C. J. B. de Carvalho, and B. M. Wiegmann (2007). Molecular phylogenetics of the Muscidae (Diptera: Calyptratae): new ideas in a congruence context. Invertebrate Systematics 21: 263-278.
Winterton, S. L., Wiegmann, B. M., and E. I. Schlinger. (2007). Phylogeny and bayesian divergence time estimations of small-headed flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) using multiple molecular markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 808-832.
Yeates, D. K., B. M. Wiegmann, G. W. Courtney, R. Meier, and T. Pape. (2007) Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects. Zootaxa 1668: 585-590.
2005
Laamanen, T. R., R. Meier, M. A. Miller, A. Hille, and B. M. Wiegmann. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of Themira (Sepsidae: Diptera): sensitivity analysis, alignment, and indel treatment in a multigene study. Cladistics, 21:258-271.
2004
Cryan, J. R., B. M. Wiegmann, L. L. Deitz, C. H. Dietrich, and M. F. Whiting. (2004). Treehopper trees: phylogeny of Membracidae (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea) based on molecules and morphology. Systematic Entomology 29: 441-454.
Fan, C. Z., M. D. Purugganan, D. T. Thomas, B. M. Wiegmann, and (J.) Q.-Y. Xiang. (2004). Heterogeneous evolution of the Myc-like anthocyanin regulatory gene and its phylogenetic utility in Cornus L. (Cornaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:580-594.
Moulton, J. K. and B. M. Wiegmann. (2004) Evolution and phylogenetic utility of cad (rudimentary) among Mesozoic-aged eremoneuran Diptera (Insecta). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 363-378.
Savage, J., T. A. Wheeler, and B. M. Wiegmann. (2004) Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Thricops Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) based on molecular and morphological characters. Systematic Entomology 29:395-414.
2003
Yeates, D.K., Irwin, M.E., and B. M. Wiegmann. (2003) Ocoidae, a new family of asiloid flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea), based on Ocoa chilensis gen. and sp. nov. from Chile, South America. Systematic Entomology 28: 417-431.
Wiegmann, B.M., Yeates, D.K., Thorne, J.L., and Kishino, H. (2003) Time Flies: A new molecular time-scale for fly evolution without a clock. Systematic Biology, 52:745-756.
2002
Collins, K.P. and Wiegmann, B. M. (2002) Phylogenetic relationships of the Eremoneura (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S rDNA and EF-1a sequences. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 33:421-444.
Collins, K.P. and Wiegmann, B. M. (2002) Phylogenetic relationships of the lower Cyclorrhapha (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S rDNA sequences. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 33:445-456.
Meier, R. and B. M. Wiegmann. (2002) A phylogenetic analysis of Coelopidae (Diptera) based on morphological and DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 393-407.
Mukha, D. V., B. M. Wiegmann, and C. Schal. (2002) Evolution and phylogenetic information content of the ribosomal DNA repeat unit in the Blattoidea (Insecta). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 32: 951-960.
Wiegmann, B. M., J. C. Regier, and C. Mitter. (2002) Combined molecular and morphological evidence on phylogeny of the earliest lepidopteran lineages. Zoologica Scripta, 31: 67-81.
Winterton, S. L., L. Yang, B. M. Wiegmann, and D. K. Yeates. (2001) Phylogenetic revision of the Agapophytini tribe n. (Diptera: Therevidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology 26: 173-211.
2001
Irwin, M. E., and B. M. Wiegmann. (2001) A review of the southern African genus Tongamya (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae: Megascelinae), with a molecular assessment of the phylogenetic placement of Tongamya and the Megascelinae. African Invertebrates 42: 225-253.
Clements, K. M., B. M. Wiegmann, C. E. Sorenson, C. F. Smith, P. A. Neese, and R. M. Roe. (2000) Genetic variation in the Myzus persicae complex (Homoptera: Aphididae): evidence for a single species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93: 31-46.
Clements, K. M., C. E. Sorenson, B. M. Wiegmann, and R. M. Roe. (2000) Insecticide resistance in the Myzus persicae complex (Homoptera: Aphididae) with emphasis on tobacco pest management. Reviews in Toxicology 3 (1999/2000) 1-23.
Clements, K. M., B. M. Wiegmann, C. F., Smith, C. E. Sorenson, and R. M. Roe. (2000) Genetic, biochemical, and behavioral uniformity among populations of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 95: 269-281.
Cryan, J. R., B. M. Wiegmann, L. L. Deitz, and C. H. Dietrich. (2000) Phylogenetic relationships of the treehoppers (Insecta, Hempitera, Membracidae): Evidence from two nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17: 317-334.
Mukha, D.V., A. P. Sidorenko, I. V. Lazebnaya, B. M. Wiegmann, and C. Schal. (2000) Analysis of intraspecies polymorphism in the ribosomal DNA cluster of the cockroach, Blattella germanica. Insect Molecular Biology, 9: 215-220.
Scheffer, S. J., and B. M. Wiegmann. (2000). Molecular phylogenetics of the holly leafminers ( Diptera: Agromyzidae: Phytomyza): species limits, speciation, and dietary specialization. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17: 244 - 255.
Wiegmann, B. M., J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, T. P. Friedlander, D. L. Wagner, and E. S. Nielsen. (2000). Nuclear genes resolve Mesozoic-aged divergences in the insect order Lepidoptera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 15: 242-259.
Wiegmann, B. M., S. C., Tsaur, D. W. Webb, D. K. Yeates, and B. K. Cassel. (2000). Monophyly and relationships of the Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera) based on 28S ribosomal gene sequences. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 93: 1031-1038.
Yang, L., B. M. Wiegmann, D. K. Yeates, and M. E. Irwin. (2000) Higher-level phylogeny of the Therevidae (Diptera: Insecta) based on 28S ribosomal and elongation factor–1 gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 440-451.
Earlier (partial listing)
Castrillo, L. A., B. M. Wiegmann, and W. M. Brooks. (1999). Genetic variation in Beauveria bassiana populations associated with the darkling beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus, in poultry houses. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 73: 269-275.
Clements, K. M., B. M. Wiegmann, C. F. Smith, C. E. Sorenson, and R. M. Roe. (1999). Myzus nicotianae Blackman, a new junior synonym of Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Homoptera: Aphididae). Tobacco Science.
Yeates, D.K and B.M. Wiegmann. (1999). Congruence and controversy: Toward a Higher-Level Phylogeny of the Diptera. Annual Review of Entomology 44:397-428.
Swofford, D. L., J. L. Thorne, J. Felsenstein, and B. M. Wiegmann. (1996). The topology-dependent permutation test for monophyly does not test for monophyly. Systematic Biology 45: 575-579.
Regier, J. C., B. M. Wiegmann, R. L. LeClerc, and T. P. Friedlander. (1994). Loss of phylogenetic information in chorion gene families of Bombyx mori due to gene conversion. Molecular Biology and Evolution 11: 72-87.
Wiegmann, B. M., C. Mitter, and B. Farrell. (1993). Diversification of parasitic insects: extraordinary radiation or specialized dead end? The American Naturalist. 142: 737-754.
Wiegmann, B. M., C. Mitter, and F. C. Thompson. (1993). Evolutionary origin of the Cyclorrhapha: tests of alternative morphological hypotheses. Cladistics 9:41-81.
Wiegmann, B. M. (1991). A new species of Japanagromyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Florida, with a key to North American species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93: 62-66.
Mitter, C., B. Farrell, and B. Wiegmann. (1988). The phylogenetic study of adaptive zones: has phytophagy promoted insect diversification? The American Naturalist 132: 107-128.
Wiegmann, B. M. (1986). A new species of Myolepta (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Nepal, with its phylogenetic placement and a key to Oriental species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94: 377-382.