Melaloncha spatula, Brown, 2004

Brown, Brian V., 2004, Revision of the subgenus Udamochiras of Melaloncha beekilling flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Metopininae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (1), pp. 1-42 : 19

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00086.x

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491118

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1C4A482B-3E26-4F16-FC16-3942FAFFF9D5

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Melaloncha spatula
status

 

MELALONCHA SPATULA View in CoL -SUBGROUP

Diagnosis. Apex of ovipositor strongly deflected ventrally and dorsoventrally flattened ( Figs 53-55 View Figures 48–55 ).

Included species. This group includes M. horologica sp. nov., M. spatula sp. nov. and M. vargasi sp. nov. The last two species are more closely related and form a separate group, the M. spatula -series (below).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Melaloncha

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