Megaselia orbata Borgmeier, 1967b

Disney, R. H. L., 2008, Six new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from mainland Australia, Zootaxa 1899 (1), pp. 57-68 : 62

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1899.1.6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5134561

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scientific name

Megaselia orbata Borgmeier, 1967b
status

 

Megaselia orbata Borgmeier, 1967b View in CoL

( Figs 8–9 View FIGURES 8–9 )

A single male was collected on 29 June 2008. I illustrate its hypopygium ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 8–9 ) and the distinctive labella of the proboscis ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 8–9 ). The holotype was from New South Wales .

Borgmeier, T. (1967 b) Studies on Indo-Australian phorid flies, based mainly on material of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the United States National Museum. Part II. Studia Entomologica, Petropolis, 10, 81 - 276.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 8–9. Megaselia orbata male: (8) proboscis and right antenna; (9) left face of hypopygium. Scale bar = 0.1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Phoridae

Genus

Megaselia