Megaselia giraudii (Egger)

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 : 154

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903371813

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24787B6-FFF8-FFFC-FE5A-FCC4FCA452B4

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Megaselia giraudii (Egger)
status

 

Megaselia giraudii (Egger) View in CoL

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Phora giraudii Egger, 1862 .

Aphiochaeta giraudii (Egger) . Brues, 1904.

Phora rata Collin, 1908 . Schmitz, 1929.

Aphiochaeata dyari Malloch, 1912. Borgmeier, 1962.

Aphiochaeta comosa Santos Abreu, 1921 . Buck and Disney, 2001.

This is the most widely distributed species of a complex which has been revised by Buck and Disney (2001).

Previous records

Gran Canaria.

Natural history

The larvae feed on a wide range of decaying organic materials, but especially on dead insects. Adults are occasionally recorded visiting flowers.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia

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