Megaselia plurispinulosa (Zetterstedt)

Disney, R. H. L., Prescher, S. & Ashmole, N. P., 2010, Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands, Journal of Natural History 44 (3 - 4), pp. 107-218 : 174

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FF8C-FF88-FE1C-FDD9FCEB53E3

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia plurispinulosa (Zetterstedt)
status

 

Megaselia plurispinulosa (Zetterstedt) View in CoL

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Trineura plurispinulosa Zetterstedt, 1860 .

Phora giraudii Becker, 1901 . Misidentification.

Aphiochaeta submeigeni Wood, 1914 .

Megaselia nigrans Schmitz, 1935 . Disney, 1986.

Previous records

Canary Islands ( Schmitz 1941).

Natural history

It has been reared from the sporophores of the fungi Boletus edulis , Boletus pinophilus (= pinicola) ( Boletaceae ) and Pleurotus cornucopiae (Lentinaceae) . Adults have been reported visiting the flowers of Anthriscus sylvestris (Apiaceae) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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