Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa

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 : 211

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFA1-FFA5-FE74-FE99FE025419

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa
status

 

Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa View in CoL

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Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa, 1916 .

Puliciphora ossuaria Schmitz, 1928 View in CoL .

Puliciphora pectinata Blanchard, 1937 View in CoL .

New records

One male, La Palma, Parc National de la Caldera de Taburiente, Barranco de las Traves, 1068 m, 20 September 1999 (T. Domingo-Quero, MNCNM – 19-149). Five females, Tenerife, Los Realejos (Finca Hoya Meleque) (Instituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias), from a culture of the beetle Cosmopolites sordidus (Curculionidae) , 23 February 2005 (A. Padilla, CUMZ – 10-148).

Natural history

The larvae feed on dead insects, including the refuse of such in the nests of ants, wasps and termites.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Puliciphora

Loc

Puliciphora rufipes Silva Figueroa

Disney, R. H. L., Prescher, S. & Ashmole, N. P. 2010
2010
Loc

Puliciphora pectinata

Blanchard 1937
1937
Loc

Puliciphora ossuaria

Schmitz 1928
1928
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