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Megaselia flavicans Schmitz 1935
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Description
Megaselia flavicans Schmitz, 1935 (Fig. 2G)
Material examined. 1♂, Rif, Tétouan, Yarghit, Oued Zarka, 35°31'14.6"N 5°20'30.0"W, 220 m, 27.iv.2009, SN, leg.: K. Kettani.
Distribution. Europe, Asia (Türkiye) (Langourov & Sakalian, 2001; Langourov, 2021). Morocco (New record).
Habitat. This species was found on the edge of a small waterfall lined by the oleander, Nerium oleander at 220 m of altitude (Fig. 4J).
Notes
Published as part of Sliman, Fatima Zahra, Disney, Ronald Henry Lambert & Kettani, Kawtar, 2025, New records of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from Morocco with notes on distribution and habitats, pp. 437-453 in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (2) on page 440, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.2.437, http://zenodo.org/record/17025050
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Schmitz
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Phoridae
- Genus
- Megaselia
- Species
- flavicans
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megaselia flavicans Schmitz, 1935 sec. Sliman, Disney & Kettani, 2025
References
- Langourov, M. & Sakalian, V. (2001) Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Kresna Gorge (SW Bulgaria). In: Beron, P. (ed.) Biodiversity of Kresna Gorge (SW Bulgaria), National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, pp. 217-218. [In Bulgarian]
- Langourov, M. (2021) Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of Vitosha Mt (Bulgaria). Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 43 (1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.48027/hnb.43.011