Megaselia scalaris Loew 1866
Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) Material. Israel: 2 ♀ Havat Matityahu [nr Bar'am, 33 °03' 52 "N 35 ° 27 ' 13 "E], 10.ii. 2016, on Tuber aestivum. Remarks. This is a truly cosmopolitan species, which was introduced even to the Antarctica (Nickolls & Disney 2001), and find...
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| Online Access: | https://zenodo.org/record/6077052 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077052 |
| Summary: | Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) Material. Israel: 2 ♀ Havat Matityahu [nr Bar'am, 33 °03' 52 "N 35 ° 27 ' 13 "E], 10.ii. 2016, on Tuber aestivum. Remarks. This is a truly cosmopolitan species, which was introduced even to the Antarctica (Nickolls & Disney 2001), and finding it in Israel is neither surprising nor unexpected. However, it is formally a new record for the country and a new record of phorids found in association with the summer truffle Tuber aestivum. Scuttle flies of this species are most commonly associated with decaying organic matter (Disney, 2008). Published as part of Mostovski, Mike B., 2016, A review of scuttle fly genera of Israel (Diptera: Phoridae), with new records and an identification key, pp. 61-72 in Zootaxa 4137 (1) on page 66, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/264841 |
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