Menozziola schmitzi ( Menozzi, 1921 )

Mostovski, Mike B., 2016, A review of scuttle fly genera of Israel (Diptera: Phoridae), with new records and an identification key, Zootaxa 4137 (1), pp. 61-72 : 67

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:722D15D8-4320-4034-A587-034A589DAA8F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077060
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FA878B-FFD4-D113-FF6F-FDD4FBBC052F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Menozziola schmitzi ( Menozzi, 1921 )
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Menozziola schmitzi ( Menozzi, 1921) View in CoL

Material. Israel: 1♂ Mizra' [32°39'N 35°17'E], 13.iv.2012, W. Kuslitzky, forest, Malaise trap; 1♀ Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Mountain Conifer Forest section [31°46'22"N 35°12'01"E], 24–25.iv.2016, M. Mostovski, yellow pan trap.

Remarks. This European species is known as a parasite of Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier) ants ( Menozzi, 1921), which are so far unknown in Israel ( Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009).