Megaselia latior Schmitz, 1936
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFF1-FFF6-FDA9-FF09FEA45531 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Megaselia latior Schmitz |
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Megaselia latior Schmitz View in CoL
( Figure 39 View Figure 39 )
Megaselia latior Schmitz, 1936 .
Megaselia sylvatica authors, misidentifications.
Megaselia brunneipennis Disney et al., 1990 View in CoL , not Costa, 1857.
An aberrant specimen was misidentified as M. brunneipennis ( Disney et al. 1990) View in CoL . The latter species is therefore removed from the list for the Canary Islands.
Previous records
Tenerife.
New record
One male, one female, La Palma, west side, Barranco de la Galga, laurel woodland, 28 May 1996 (A. Stark, CUMZ – 10-145, 146); one male, west side, Los Tilos Barranco del Agua , laurel woodland, May 1996 (A. Stark, CUMZ – 10-146) .
Natural history
It has been reared from the sporophores of fungi of the families Coprinaceae and Russulaceae . Adults have been recorded visiting the flowers of Crataegus monogyna (Rosaceae) .
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Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology |
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