Megaselia nigra (Meigen)

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 : 168-170

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFF6-FF8C-FE61-F9A8FBA85162
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Megaselia nigra (Meigen)
status

Treatment

Megaselia nigra (Meigen) View in CoL

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Phora nigra Meigen, 1830 .

Phora albidihalteris Felt, 1896 .

Aphiochaeta albidohalteris Brues, 1904 .

Phora derasa Wood, 1909 .

Aphiochaeta smithii Brues, 1909 .

Aphiochaeta albidihalteralis Kertész, 1910 .

Aphiochaeta nigra (Meigen) . Brues, 1915.

Aphiochaeta armata Santos Abreu, 1921 .

Megaselia deflexa Schmitz, 1940 View in CoL , not Brues, 1936.

Previous records

Gomera, Tenerife.

New records

Two males, La Palma, west side, Barranco de la Galga, laurel woodland, 28 May 1996 (A. Stark, CUMZ – 10–146); one male, one female, west side, path above the Barranco de la Galga , 20 May 1996 (S. Stark – 10–147) ; one female, Parc National de la Caldera de Taburiente , Roque de la Cumbrecita, 1377 m, 22 September 1999 ( T. Domingo-Quero, MNCNM – 19–148) ; two males, PNCT, Playa de Taburiente , 750 m, 20 December 2000 ( T. Domingo-Quero, MNCNM – 19–147) .

Natural history

The larvae feed on the sporophores of a range of fungi, but mainly Agaricaceae .