Megaselia berndseni (Schmitz)
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFEC-FFEA-FE44-FA71FBA351D7 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Megaselia berndseni (Schmitz) |
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Megaselia berndseni (Schmitz) View in CoL
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Aphiochaeta berndseni Schmitz, 1919 .
Aphiochaeta pygmaeoides Lundbeck, 1921 .
Megaselia rieli Schmitz, 1937 .
Megaselia divergens various authors. Misidentifications.
Megaselia fenestralis various authors. Misidentifications.
Previous records
Tenerife.
New record
One female, La Palma, west side, Barranco de la Galga, laurel woodland, 28 May 1996 (A. Stark, CUMZ – 10-146) .
Natural history
The larvae have been reported from the sporophores of a wider range of fungi than any other phorid species. Adults have only occasionally been reported visting flowers.
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Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology |
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