Megaselia brevicostalis (Wood)

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 : 147-148

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFE1-FFE6-FD82-FAA0FC53529B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia brevicostalis (Wood)
status

 

Megaselia brevicostalis (Wood) View in CoL

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Phora brevicostalis Wood, 1910 .

Previous records

Tenerife.

New records

One female, La Palma, Teneguia, August 1986 (P. Ashmole, CUMZ – 10–106); one male, Parc National de la Caldera de Taburiente , Lugar, Playa de Taburiente, 750 m, 20 December 1999 ( T. Domingo-Quero, MNCMN) .

Natural history

Larvae feed on dead insects and snails. Adults visit a wide range of flowers.

CUMZ

Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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