Melaloncha Brues, 1904

Gonzalez, Lisa & Brown, Brian V., 2004, New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee­killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae), Zootaxa 730, pp. 1-14 : 3

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.158463

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6271987

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scientific name

Melaloncha Brues, 1904
status

 

Melaloncha Brues, 1904 View in CoL View at ENA , subgenus Udamochiras Enderlein, 1912

Type species: Udamochiras colossia Enderlein, 1912 , by original designation.

Remarks. A synonymy, key, and all species descriptions are in Brown (2004a). Note that there is an important error in the key: the second lead of couplet 7 should lead to couplet 38, not couplet 40.

Brown, B. V. (2004 a) Revision of the subgenus Udamochiras of Melaloncha bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140, 1 - 42.

Brues, C. T. (1904) A monograph of the North American Phoridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 29 (1903), 331 - 404.

Enderlein, G. (1912) Die Phoridenfauna Sud-Brasiliens. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 73, 16 - 45.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

SubGenus

Udamochiras