Megaselia orgaoa Disney, 1991

Disney, R. Henry L., Kurina, Olavi, Tedersoo, Leho & Cakpo, Yvonne, 2013, Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) reared from fungi in Benin, African Invertebrates 54 (2), pp. 357-357 : 366

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.054.0204

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7917949

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC7D87CE-E664-FFEE-069D-FA67FCB353C5

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia orgaoa Disney, 1991
status

 

Megaselia orgaoa Disney, 1991 View in CoL

This species has proved to be widespread and both sexes are included in recent keys (Disney 2009 a, b). It has previously been reported from the Cape Verde Islands, Arabia and the Seychelles.

Material examined: 1♂ 2♀ Koussanzamou, ex Russula compressa Buyck ( TU116097 ), 5.vii, emerged 15.vii (42-9) ; 1♂ Kpessou, ex Russula sp. 2 ( TU116044 ), 2.vii, emerged 13–20.vii (42-7) ; 1♀ (3♂ 2♀) same locality, ex Bovista sp. ( TU116065 ), 4.vii, emerged 13.vii (42-11) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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