Melaloncha rhypopoda, Brown, 2004

Brown, Brian V., 2004, Revision of the subgenus Udamochiras of Melaloncha beekilling flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Metopininae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (1), pp. 1-42 : 22

MELALONCHA RHYPOPODA -GROUP

Diagnosis. Frons black. Tarsomeres 4 and 5 of foreleg dark. Ovipositor with lateral curved ridge ( Figs 51, 52 ).

Included species. M. individa sp. nov. and M. rhypopoda sp. nov.

A number of other species of Udamochiras have the frons black ( M. anaticula sp. nov., M. deinocerca Borgmeier , M. nigricorpus Borgmeier , M. sinuosa sp. nov.), but their relationship to the M. rhypopoda -group, if any, is unclear. Similarly, there are other species with dark apical foretarsomeres ( M. spatula , M. vargasi ), but they have apparently arisen separately.

Figures

Figures 48–55. Melaloncha spp., ovipositors. Figs 48–50: dorsal. Figs 51–55: left lateral.