List of Megaselia species

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This is a list of 1675 species in Megaselia , a genus of scuttle flies in the family Phoridae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Megaselia species

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Data sources: i = ITIS, [1] c = Catalogue of Life, [2] g = GBIF, [3] b = Bugguide.net [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Megaselia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Megaselia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. 1 2 "Megaselia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. 1 2 "Megaselia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. 1 2 Hartop, Emily; Brown, Brian; Disney, R. Henry (2016-04-14). "Flies from L.A., The Sequel: A further twelve new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) from the BioSCAN Project in Los Angeles (California, USA)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 4. Pensoft Publishers: e7756. doi: 10.3897/bdj.4.e7756 . ISSN   1314-2828.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Disney, R. Henry L.; Kurina, Olavi; Tedersoo, Leho; Cakpo, Yvonne (2013). "Scuttle Flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Reared from Fungi in Benin". African Invertebrates. 54 (2). KwaZulu-Natal Museum: 357–371. doi: 10.5733/afin.054.0204 . S2CID   56168200.
  7. ↑ Brues, C.T. (1906). "Two new species of Phoridae". Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. 4: 100–102. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. ↑ Malloch, John Russell (1912). "The insects of the dipterous family Phoridae in the United States National museum" (PDF). Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 43 (1938): 411–529. doi:10.5479/si.00963801.43-1938.411 . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Mostovski, Mike B. (2015). "Melting the iceberg: A new Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae) from Mali with the most striking wing ornament". African Invertebrates. 56 (1). KwaZulu-Natal Museum: 261–265. doi: 10.5733/afin.056.0104 . S2CID   85730222.
  10. ↑ Borgmeier, T. (1966). "Ueber einige afrikanische, bei Termiten gefundene Phoriden, nebst Bemerkungen ueber die Gattung Termitophorides (Diptera, Phoridae)". Stud. Ent. 9: 417–428.
  11. ↑ Stoepler, Teresa M.; Disney, R. Henry L. (2013). "A New Species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) Reared from Larvae of Moths (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 115 (1): 85–95. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.115.1.85. S2CID   84831084 . Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  12. ↑ Lundbeck, William (1920). "New species of Phoridae from Denmark together with remarks on Aphiochaeta groenlandica Lundbk". Vidensk Medd. Fra Dansk Naturh. Foren. 18: 129–143.
  13. ↑ Loew, Hermann (1866). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena". Centuria Septima. Berl. Ent. Z. 10: 1–54.
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