Megaselia abdita Schmitz

Disney, R. H. L., Prescher, S. & Ashmole, N. P., 2010, Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands, Journal of Natural History 44 (3 - 4), pp. 107-218 : 130

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFD0-FFD4-FE61-FCD9FEF15279

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia abdita Schmitz
status

 

Megaselia abdita Schmitz View in CoL

( Figure 11A,B View Figure 11 )

Megaselia abdita Schmitz, 1959 .

Megaselia bovista various authors. Misidentifications.

Previous records

Lanzarote, La Palma, Tenerife.

Natural history

The larvae feed on a range of decaying organic materials, ranging from dead snails to human corpses.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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