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Table 4 in Updating and expanding the key to European Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae): from Disney's Britain to a continental fauna, with 393 additions and four new species
Authors/Creators
- 1. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein Gewann 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 2. Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing St., Cambridge, CB 2 3 EJ, UK.
- 3. Fayesgade 10, DK- 9500, Hobro, Denmark.
- 4. Diekstrasse 6, D- 33824 Werther, Germany.
- 5. Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NO- 7012, Norway.
Description
Table 4. Megaselia robertoi Caruso sp. nov. Description (following Hartop & Brown 2014a).
| Head | |
|---|---|
| SA ratio | 0.80 |
| VIF position | normal ʻ~B' (B/C) |
| Palpal setae length | long |
| Labellum spinosity | sparse |
| Thorax | |
| Anepisternum | bare |
| Relative halter color | ʻsame' |
| Number NP setae | 2 |
| NP cleft | absent |
| Scutellar setae | 2+2 |
| Legs | |
| Ts1 palisade | 1–4 |
| T2 palisade | 7.78 |
| T3 comb bifurcate | absent |
| T3 setulae | PD only |
| F3 basal setae | B≥AV |
| F3 basal setae differentiation | absent |
| Wing | |
| Wing length | 2.126 mm |
| Subcosta | incomplete |
| Hair at base of R | long (2 setae) |
| R2+3 | present |
| Costal index | 0.42/45 |
| Costal ratios | 4.00:1.83:1 |
| Costal setae length | 0.1 mm |
| Number alular setae | 3 to 5 |
| Wing color | clear (hyaline) |
| Genitalia | |
| AT length | AT=E (7 setae each cercus) |
| E setation | hairs only |
| Relative posterior setation | T6>C=H=E |
Notes
Published as part of Caruso, Valerio, Disney, Ronald Henry, Whitmore, Daniel, Bøggild, Esben, Grundmann, Bernd & Hartop, Emily, 2026, Updating and expanding the key to European Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae): from Disney's Britain to a continental fauna, with 393 additions and four new species, pp. 255 in European Journal of Taxonomy 1048 on page 255, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1048.3253, http://zenodo.org/record/20036417
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References
- Hartop E. & Brown B. 2014 a. The tip of the iceberg: a distinctive new spotted-wing Megaselia species (Diptera: Phoridae) from a tropical cloud forest survey and a new, streamlined method for Megaselia descriptions. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e 4093. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e4093