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Myriophora pabloi Brown

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Description

Myriophora pabloi (Brown) (New Comb.)

(Figs 6.6, 13.1, 18.11)

Plastophora tarsalis Borgmeier 1970: 469.

Megaselia tarsalis Disney 1978: 318 (new combination but created a junior secondary homonym). Megaselia pabloi Brown 1994: 76 (replacement name).

Diagnosis. This is the only species of Myriophora that has inflated foretarsomeres that are equal in diameter to the foretibia, rendering it easily recognizable.

Distribution. Costa Rica and Honduras.

Host. Unknown but specimens have been collected over army ant, Labidus praedator and Eciton burchelli, raids.

Material Examined. COSTA RICA: Puntarenas: Monteverde, 10.32°N, 84.8°W, 1500m, 3♀, 3.vi.1988, B.V. Brown, swarm raid front Eciton burchelli; San José: Zurquí de Moravia, 10.05°N, 84.02°W, 1600m, 1♀, 8.iii.1995, B. Brown, J. Cantley, over raid Labidus praedator. HONDURAS: Olancho: PN La Muralla, 15km NW La Union, 15.12°N, 86.75°W, 1450m, 1♀, i.1995, R. Cordero, FIT.

Notes

Published as part of Hash, John M. & Brown, Brian V., 2015, Revision of the New World Species of the Millipede-Parasitic Genus Myriophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), pp. 1-79 in Zootaxa 4035 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4035.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289850

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URL
http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9E6775C3F6D70FF07FBD591A2F9C2

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4035.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/289850 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF809E0F5C1A6D55FF90FFFC922AFF8E (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/2AD36E90-9C2D-400B-95F3-57F329F8DA28 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03B9E6775C3F6D70FF07FBD591A2F9C2 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/127693852 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/36598/taxon/03B9E6775C3F6D70FF07FBD591A2F9C2.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Phoridae
Genus
Myriophora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Brown
Species
pabloi
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Borgmeier, T. (1970) Some new species of Plastophora from Costa Rica (Diptera: Phoridae). Studia Entomologica, 13, 465 - 470.
  • Disney, R. H. L. (1978) A new species of Afrotropical Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae), with a re-evaluation of the genus Plastophora. Zeitschrift fur angewandte Zoologie, 65, 313 - 319.
  • Brown, B. V. (1994) A replacement name for a species of Megaselia (Diptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 96, 176.