Melaloncha colossia (Enderlein, 1912)

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 : 16

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5491110

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scientific name

Melaloncha colossia
status

 

M. COLOSSIA View in CoL -SERIES

Diagnosis. Ovipositor laterally compressed near apex. Dorsal apex of ovipositor with rounded, lobe-like projection ( Fig. 43 View Figures 34–43 ).

Included species. This group includes M. colossia (Enderlein) , M. rhampha sp. nov., M. rostrata sp. nov. and M. valeria sp. nov.. Both M. colossia and M. rhampha have longitudinal striations on the ovipositor, and might be considered close relatives, but such striations are also found in M. trua .

The structure of intersegment 7–8 of two species, M. colossia and M. rostrata were examined, and both were found to be deflected ventrally at the apex. More specimens of M. rhampha and M. valeria is needed to determine if this is a character of all species in the M. colossia -series.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Melaloncha

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