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Torsten Dikow
Research Entomologist and Curator of DipteraDepartment / Division
Education
- M.S., Universitaet Rostock, Germany
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Research Interests
Deciphering the diversity and evolutionary history of Asiloidea flies.Phylogenetic relationships of asiloid flies (Apioceridae - apiocerid flies, Asilidae - assassin flies, robber flies, Mydidae - mydas flies) and Diptera in general using morphological and genomic evidence. Revisionary taxonomy applying cybertaxonomic tools for open-access distribution of primary biodiversity data. Application of specimen occurrence data to biodiversity studies.Asiloid Flies research web-site - asiloidflies.si.edu .
Publications
Article
- Buenaventura, Eliana, Lloyd, Michael W., Perilla Lopez, Juan Manuel, Gonzalez, Vanessa L., Thomas-Cabianca, Arianna, and Dikow, Torsten. 2020. "Protein-encoding ultraconserved elements provide a new phylogenomic perspective of Oestroidea flies (Diptera: Calyptratae)." Systematic Entomology https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12443
- Greenwalt, Dale, Bickel, Daniel, Kerr, Peter, Curler, Gregory, Brown, Brian, de Jong, Herman, Fitzgerald, Scott, Dikow, Torsten, Tkoč, Michal, Kehlmaier, Christian, and Amorim, Dalton De Souza. 2019. "Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level." Palaeontologia Electronica 22.2.50. https://doi.org/10.26879/891
- Londt, Jason G. H. and Dikow, Torsten. 2019. "A review of Southern African Choerades Walker, 1851 with the description of a new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae)." African Invertebrates 60 (1):31–65. https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.60.30943
- Vieira, Rodrigo, Camargo, Alexssandro, Pollet, Marc, and Dikow, Torsten. 2019. "Updated checklist of French Guianan Asilidae (Diptera) with a focus on the Mitaraka expedition." Zoosystema 40:443–464. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a23
- Londt, Jason G. H. and Dikow, Torsten. 2018. "A review of the assassin-fly genus Laphyctis Loew, 1858 with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Asilidae, Laphriinae)." African Invertebrates 59 (1):75–106. https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.59.25022
- Markee, Amanda and Dikow, Torsten. 2018. "Taxonomic revision of the assassin-fly genus Microphontes Londt, 1994 (Insecta, Diptera, Asilidae)." African Invertebrates 59 (2):195–237. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.30684
- Shin, Seunggwan, Bayless, Keith M., Winterton, Shaun L., Dikow, Torsten, Lessard, Bryan D., Yeates, David K., Wiegmann, Brian M., and Trautwein, Michelle D. 2018. "Taxon sampling to address an ancient rapid radiation: a supermatrix phylogeny of early brachyceran flies (Diptera): Diptera evolution and supermatrix." Systematic Entomology 43:277–289. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12275
- Short, Andrew Edward Z., Dikow, Torsten, and Moreau, Corrie S. 2018. "Entomological Collections in the Age of Big Data." Annual Review of Entomology 63:513–530. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-031616-035536
- Castillo, Stephanie and Dikow, Torsten. 2017. "Taxonomic revision of Plyomydas Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 with the description of two new species and its transfer to Mydinae (Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae)." Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 61 (2):192–202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2017.03.002
- Dikow, Rebecca B., Frandsen, Paul B., Turcatel, Mauren, and Dikow, Torsten. 2017. "Genomic and transcriptomic resources for assassin flies including the complete genome sequence of Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) and 16 representative transcriptomes." PeerJ 5:e2951. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2951
- Londt, Jason G. H. and Dikow, Torsten. 2017. "A revision of the Afrotropical genus Prytanomyia Özdikmen, 2006 (Asilidae, Laphriinae)." African Invertebrates 58(2):39–52. https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.58.13294
- Londt, Jason G. H. and Dikow, Torsten. 2016. "A review of the genus Trichoura Londt, 1994 with the description of a new species from the Northern Cape Province of South Africa and a key to world Willistonininae (Diptera, Asilidae)." African Invertebrates 57 (2):119–135. https://doi.org/10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.10772
- Dikow, Torsten. 2015. "Review of Anasillomos Londt, 1983 with the description of a new species (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)." Biodiversity Data Journal 3:https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4652
- Dikow, Torsten and Agosti, Donat. 2015. "Utilizing online resources for taxonomy: a cybercatalog of Afrotropical apiocerid flies (Insecta: Diptera: Apioceridae)." Biodiversity Data Journal 3:e5707. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5707
- Pape, Thomas, Beuk, Paul, Pont, Adrian, Shatalkin, Anatole, Ozerov, Andrey, Woznica, Andrzej, Merz, Bernhard, Bystrowski, Cezary, Raper, Chris, Bergström, Christer, Kehlmaier, Christian, Clements, David, Greathead, David, Kameneva, Elena, Nartshuk, Emilia, Petersen, Frederik, Weber, Gisela, Bächli, Gerhard, Geller-Grimm, Fritz, Van de Weyer, Guy, Tschorsnig, Hans-Peter, de Jong, Herman, van Zuijlen, Jan-Willem, Vanhara, Jaromír, Rohácek, Jindrich et al. 2015. "Fauna Europaea: Diptera - Brachycera." Biodiversity Data Journal 3:https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4187
- Dikow, Torsten and Grimaldi, David A. 2014. "Robber Flies in Cretaceous Ambers (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)." American Museum Novitates (3799): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1206/3799.1
- Dikow, Torsten and Leon, Stephanie. 2014. "Review of the genus Namadytes Hesse, 1969 (Insecta: Diptera: Mydidae: Syllegomydinae)." Biodiversity Data Journal 2:e1071. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1071
- Smith, Vincent, Georgiev, Teodor, Stoev, Pavel, Biserkov, Jordan, Miller, Jeremy, Livermore, Laurence, Baker, Edward, Mietchen, Daniel, Couvreur, Thomas L. P., Mueller, Gregory, Dikow, Torsten, Helgen, Kristofer M., Frank, Jiri, Agosti, Donat, Roberts, David, and Penev, Lyubomir. 2013. "Beyond dead trees: integrating the scientific process in the Biodiversity Data Journal." Biodiversity Data Journal 1:e995. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e995
- Dikow, Torsten. 2012. "Review of Namibimydas Hesse, 1972 and Nothomydas Hesse, 1969 (Diptera : Mydidae: Syllegomydinae: Halterorchini) with the description of new species." African Invertebrates 53 (1):79–111. https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.053.0105
- Miller, Jeremy, Dikow, Torsten, Agosti, Donat, Sautter, Guido, Catapano, Terry, Penev, Lyubomir, Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, Pentcheff, Dean, Pyle, Richard, Blum, Stan, Parr, Cynthia Sims, Freeland, Chris, Garnett, Tom, Ford, Linda, Muller, Burgert, Smith, Leo, Strader, Ginger, Georgiev, Teodor, and Bénichou, Laurence. 2012. "From taxonomic literature to cybertaxonomic content." BMC Biology 10:87. https://doi.org/10.1186/1741-7007-10-87
- Dikow, Torsten. 2010. "New species and new records of Mydidae from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Insecta, Diptera, Asiloidea)." ZooKeys (64): 33–75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.64.464
- Lyons, Kathleen M. and Dikow, Torsten. 2010. "Taxonomic revision of Ectyphus Gerstaecker, 1868 and Parectyphus Hesse, 1972 with a key to world Ectyphinae (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae)." ZooKeys (73): 25–59. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.73.837
- Dikow, Torsten. 2009. "A phylogenetic hypothesis for Asilidae based on a total evidence analysis of morphological and DNA sequence data (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea)." Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 9 (3):165–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2009.02.004
- Dikow, Torsten. 2009. "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea)." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319): 1–175. https://doi.org/10.1206/603.1
- Dikow, Torsten and Bayless, Keith M. 2009. "Taxonomic revision of the genus Schildia Aldrich, 1923 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae) with the description of new extant and extinct species." Insect Systematics & Evolution 40 (3):253–289. https://doi.org/10.1163/187631209X458358
- Dikow, Torsten. 2007. "Taxonomic revision of the genus Lasiocnemus (Loew, 1851) (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae)." African Entomology 15 (1):57–74. https://doi.org/10.4001/1021-3589-15.1.57
- Meier, Rudolf and Dikow, Torsten. 2004. "Significance of Specimen Databases from Taxonomic Revisions for Estimating and Mapping the Global Species Diversity of Invertebrates and Repatriating Reliable Specimen Data." Conservation Biology 18 (2):478–488. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00233.x
- Dikow, Torsten. 2003. "Revision of the genus Euscelidia Westwood , 1850 (Diptera: Asilidae: Leptogastrinae)." African Invertebrates 44 (2):1–131.
- Dikow, Torsten. 2003. "Family-group names in the Asilidae (Diptera)." Studia dipterologica 10 (2):459–471.
- Geller-Grimm, Fritz, Dikow, Torsten, and Niehuis, M. 2003. "Raubfliegen vom Roßstein bei Dörscheid (Mittelrheintal, Rheinland-Pfalz) nebst Anmerkungen zur Verbreitung in Rheinland-Pfalz (Diptera: Asilidae)." Fauna und Flora in Rheinland-Pfalz, Zeitschrift fur Naturschutz 10 (1):85–98.
- Dikow, Torsten and Mathis, Wayne Neilsen. 2002. "A revision and phylogenetic study of Actocetor Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae)." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104 (2):249–290.
- Dikow, Torsten and Londt, Jason G. H. 2000. "A review of Lamyra Loew (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae)." African Entomology 8 (2):189–200.
- Dikow, Torsten and Londt, Jason G. H. 2000. "A review of the genera Anasillomos Londt, 1983, Oratostylum Ricardo, 1925, and Remotomyia Londt, 1983, with description of a new genus and two new species (Diptera: Asilidae: Stenopogoninae)." Annals of the Natal Museum 41:107–121.
- Dikow, Torsten. 1999. "Die Asilidae (Diptera) der "RADDATZ'schen Sammlung'' an der Universität Rostock, nebst der Beschreibung einer Abnormität der Flügeladerung bei Laphria Meigen." Archiv der Freunde der Naturgeschichte Mecklenburgs 38:179–188.
Dataset
- Dikow, Torsten. 2019. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Laphyctis (Diptera: Asiloidea: Asilidae)." Distributed by National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution through GBIF. https://doi.org/10.15468/mgzpdj
- Dikow, Torsten. 2018. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Prytanomyia (Diptera: Asiloidea: Asilidae)." Distributed by https://doi.org/10.15468/rufrte
- Dikow, Torsten. 2018. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Plyomydas (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae)." Distributed by https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2017.03.002
- Dikow, Torsten. 2017. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Prytanomyia (Diptera: Asiloidea: Asilidae)." Distributed by GBIF. https://doi.org/10.15468/rufrte
- 2016. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Afrotropical Mydidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)." Distributed by National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.15468/alx74c
- Dikow, Torsten. 2015. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Anasillomos (Diptera: Asiloidea: Asilidae)." Distributed by https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e4652
- Dikow, Torsten. 2013. [Dataset] "Occurrence data of Namadytes (Diptera: Asiloidea: Mydidae)." Distributed by https://doi.org/10.15468/aycaza
Presentation
- 2018. "Shaping our taxonomic legacy - tools to accelerate biodiversity." Given at https://figshare.com/articles/Shaping_our_taxonomic_legacy_tools_to_accelerate_biodiversity_discovery_and_make_data_openly_accessible/7403708.
- 2018. "The online Afrotropical Asilidae Portal." Given at https://figshare.com/articles/The_online_Afrotropical_Asilidae_Portal/7387253.
Chapter
- Dikow, Torsten. 2017. "46. Apioceridae (apiocerid flies)." in Manual of Afrotropical Diptera (Vol. 2). Nematocerous Diptera and Lower Brachycera, edited by Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. and Sinclair, B. J., 1057–1061. SANBI, Pretoria: Suricata 5.
- Dikow, Torsten. 2017. "47. Mydidae (mydas flies)." in Manual of Afrotropical Diptera (Vol. 2). Nematocerous Diptera and Lower Brachycera, edited by Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. and Sinclair, B. J., 1063–1095. SANBI, Pretoria: Suricata 5.
- Londt, J. G. H. and Dikow, Torsten. 2017. "48. Asilidae (assassin flies, robber flies)." in Manual of Afrotropical Diptera (Vol. 2). Nematocerous Diptera and Lower Brachycera, edited by Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. and Sinclair, B. J., 1097–1182. SANBI, Pretoria: Suricata 5.
- Dikow, Torsten, Meier, Rudolf, Vaidya, Gaurav G., and Londt, Jason G. H. 2009. "Biodiversity research Based on taxonomic revisions — a tale of Unrealized opportunities." in Diptera diversity : status, challenges and tools, edited by Pape, Thomas, Bickel, Daniel, and Meier, Rudolf., 323–345. Leiden;Boston: Brill.
- Dikow, Torsten. 2008. "Order Diptera , family Mydidae." in Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates, edited by van Harten, Antonius., 608–615. Abu Dhabi: Dar Al Ummah.