Megaselia (A.) luteicauda (Borgmeier, 1925)

Duarte, Juliano L. P., Vaz, Dayana B. & Krüger, Rodrigo F., 2018, New records of phorid flies (Diptera, Phoridae) from Rio Grande do Sul, with five new records to Brazil, Check List (Online) 14 (1), pp. 125-139 : 131

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.1.125
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/827FA15E-FF80-FF83-FCEC-47BEFB0DFAC2
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Megaselia (A.) luteicauda (Borgmeier, 1925)
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Megaselia (A.) luteicauda (Borgmeier, 1925) View in CoL

Aphiochaeta luteicauda Borgmeier 1925: 145 View in CoL .

Megaselia (A.) luteicauda View in CoL — Borgmeier 1962: 301.

Material examined. Point 1 (44♂, COLEPAV); point 2 (7♂, COLEPAV); point 3 (5♂, COLEPAV); point 4 (14♂, COLEPAV); point 5 (6♂, DZUP 459579); point 6 (49♂, COLEPAV); point 7 (10♂, COLEPAV); point 8 (1♂, COLEPAV); point 11 (3♂, COLEPAV); point 14 (22♂, COLEPAV); point 15 (17♂, COLEPAV); point 16 (2♂, DZUP); point 17 (5♂, DZUP); point 19 (61♂, DZUP); point 20 (47♂, COLEPAV); point 21 (192♂, DZUP 459587); point 22 (1♂, DZUP); point 25 (6♂, DZUP); point 26 (6♂, DZUP); point 27 (3♂, DZUP); point 28 (5♂, COLEPAV); point 29 (35♂, COLEPAV); point 31 (5♂, DZUP); point 33 (2♂, DZUP); point 34 (1♂, COLEPAV);

Diagnostic characters. Females yellow colored tergites 4–6, contrasting with the dark colored body. Males dark colored, with white halteres; scutelum with 4 equal setae; anepisternum with hairs and 1 or 2 stronger setae; and costal cilia long.

Distribution. South and southeastern Brazil and Dominica.

Updated distribution for Brazil. Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, and Rio Grande do Sul.