Megaselia rufipes (MEIGEN 1804)

Sadeghi, S., Weber, G., Fallahzadeh, M. & A. F, 2013, Introduction to the Scuttle Flies Fauna (Diptera: Phoridae) of Fars Province, Iran, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 2019-2024 : 2021

Megaselia rufipes (MEIGEN 1804)

S p e c i m e n s e x a m i n e d 5 Jahrom; 28 50 N 53 55 E, 1040 m, 10 May 2011, Malaise-trap in citrus garden ( Rutaceae ).

H o s t: The larvae feed on a broad spectrum of decaying organic materials that includes rotting plants, dung, decaying fungi, dead invertebrates and vertebrate carrion, including human corpses ( DISNEY 1994, 2009, DISNEY et al. 2010). They occasionally exploit human foods, such as cheese and rice-based pre-cooked meals. Adults visit a variety of flowers and fungus spores have been found in the crops of females ( DISNEY 1994, 2009).

D i s t r i b u t i o n:Arabia,Europe,Holarctic,South Atlantic, North Atlantic Islands, Canary Islands ( DISNEY et al. 2010). This Holarctic species has been carried around the world by man as far as Tasmania and New Zealand ( DISNEY 2003, 2009, DISNEY et al. 2010) and the remote islands of the South Atlantic ( JONES et al. 2003, HÄNEL & DISNEY 2006). New record for the fauna of Iran.