Microselia Schmitz, 1934

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 : 202

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFA8-FFAC-FE5D-FA11FEE851E0

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Felipe

scientific name

Microselia Schmitz
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Genus Microselia Schmitz View in CoL

Five European species are covered by Disney (2006d), Carles-Tolrá (2006) and Carles-Tolrá and Disney (2008). The genus is still poorly known and species recognitions are based on the female sex in the first instance. The males of only one European and three Afrotropical species are known. Species of this genus are known to parasitize ants.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

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