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  • nineteen new species of megaselia rondani diptera Phoridae from denmark
    Zootaxa, 2021
    Co-Authors: Henry R L Disney, Esben Boggild
    Abstract:

    Nineteen new species, Megaselia culmenensis n. sp., M. cumrallum n. sp., M. dostrupensis n. sp., M. dravedskovensis n. sp., M. ehmsenae n. sp., M. falloclavis n. sp., M. fayesgadeensis n. sp., M. hobroensis n. sp.,M. hojerensis n. sp., M. jenshjerrildi n. sp., M. kajnisseni n. sp., M. micawberi n. sp., M. munki n. sp., M. neuter n. sp., M. onsildensis n. sp., M. romoensis n. sp., M. simestedensis n. sp., M. svendi n. sp., M. tofteensis n. sp. are described from Denmark. M. cumrallum is also reported from England. M. nigricia Disney & Durska reported from Denmark and its recognition clarified.

  • new records of woodiphora biroi brues 1907 and a possible sibling species of woodiphora parvula schmitz 1927 diptera Phoridae from peninsular malaysia
    Serangga, 2021
    Co-Authors: Raja Muhammad Zuha, Henry R L Disney
    Abstract:

    Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) can be found in various habitats with important roles in the ecosystem as parasites, predators and decomposers. Currently there are more than 270 genera of Phoridae worldwide and Woodiphora has been recognized as one of the most prevalent group in the Australasian and Oriental region. Previous decomposition studies using animal carcasses indicated there were more species likely to be discovered from Malaysia. In this paper, the first occurrence of Woodiphora biroi (Brues, 1907) from Peninsular Malaysia and a possible sibling species complex of Woodiphora parvula Schmitz, 1927 which could not be named until linked to its male were reported. The latter has different abdominal tergites and furca from previously described species. Samples were collected from baited-flight traps placed at selected locations in Bangi, Selangor, as prescribed herein. This report extends our knowledge on the distribution and bionomics of Woodiphora from this region.

  • fourteen new species of scuttle flies diptera Phoridae from denmark
    Zootaxa, 2019
    Co-Authors: Henry R L Disney, Esben Boggild
    Abstract:

    Megaselia anniduedahlae sp. n., M. balfourbrownei sp. n., M. birgittemarkae sp. n., M. carlkahleri sp. n., M. gerdakahlerae sp. n., M. helleorumae sp. n., M. jonasseni sp. n., M. legrandi sp. n., M. loneviolaae n sp. n., M. parhirticrus sp. n., M. pederseni sp. n., M. thomseni sp. n., Triphleba ehmseni sp. n., and T. papei sp. n., are described from Denmark.

  • a new genus of scuttle fly diptera Phoridae from malaysia
    Serangga, 2018
    Co-Authors: Raja Muhammad Zuha, Henry R L Disney
    Abstract:

    Imparphora gen. nov., a new genus of scuttle fly is described from Malaysia. The Imparphora pahangensis sp. nov. is the type species of the new genus. A total of six mature females species and a male were collected from baited traps along UKM’s Trail at Fraser’s Hill Research Centre, Pahang. These findings expand the species diversity of scuttle flies in Malaysia especially in the highland forest. The comparisons with the nearest genera were explained herein.

  • review of oriental chonocephalus wandolleck diptera Phoridae
    Annales Zoologici, 2016
    Co-Authors: Henry R L Disney
    Abstract:

    Abstract. 46 new species of Chonocephalus are described. A key to males and a partial key to the females of the Oriental Region species are provided.

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  • a second species and first central american record of the phorid fly genus lenkoa borgmeier diptera Phoridae
    Zootaxa, 2016
    Co-Authors: Brian V. Brown, Wendy Porras
    Abstract:

    A second species, and first Central American record, of the phorid fly genus Lenkoa Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae). Many species of phorid flies have wingless or brachypterous females. Mostly, they belong to a group classified within the subfamily Metopininae corresponding to the Metopina group of genera of Brown (1992a) or the tribe Metopinini of Disney (2003, not 1987). The males of this group are much more typical in appearance, with well-developed wings, larger eyes, and fully developed abdominal tergites. These males carry females during a mating flight, often dispersing them to new breeding sites (Miller 1984). Generally, the sexual dimorphism is so great that the sexes cannot be confidently associated unless they are collected in copula . This has led to a profusion of species being described as males and females in separate genera. Some of these brachypterous females, both within the Metopinini and elsewhere in other Phoridae, have been correctly associated with their males when they are found together (e.g., Brown 1986, 1992b, 1994), but many remain unassociated.

  • 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, 2016
    Co-Authors: Emily A Hartop, Brian V. Brown, Henry R L Disney
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND Presented are continued results from the BioSCAN Project, an urban biodiversity study sampling primarily from private backyards in Los Angeles, California (USA). Presented are continued results from the BioSCAN Project, an urban biodiversity study sampling primarily from private backyards in Los Angeles, California (USA). NEW INFORMATION Twelve new species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) are described: M. baileyae, M. friedrichae, M. gonzalezorum, M. joanneae, M. losangelensis, M. phyllissunae, M. pongsaiae, M. shatesae, M. stoakesi, M. studentorum, M. voluntariorum, M. wongae.

  • new morphological characters for classifying Phoridae diptera from the structure of the thorax
    Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015
    Co-Authors: Brian V. Brown, Dalton De Souza Amorim, Giarann Kung
    Abstract:

    Forty-six characters, mostly of the thoracic pleuron, are proposed for the reconstruction of the phylogenetic relationships among the major groups of the family Phoridae. Analysis of these characters, in conjunction with the pre-existing suite of morphological characters from other body parts, provides a basis for a strongly supported new classification of the Phoridae, in which Sciadocerinae is the sister group of ((Chonocephalus Wandolleck & Cyphocephalus Borgmeier) + (Termitoxeniinae + (Metopininae + Phorinae s.l.))). A new subfamily, Chonocephalinae subfamily nov., is proposed for Chonocephalus and Cyphocephalus, and a new genus, Hirotophora gen. nov., is proposed for Chaetopleurophora multiseriata (Aldrich) (comb. nov.). © 2015 The Linnean Society of London

  • small size no protection for acrobat ants world s smallest fly is a parasitic phorid diptera Phoridae
    Annals of The Entomological Society of America, 2012
    Co-Authors: Brian V. Brown
    Abstract:

    A new species of phorid fly, Euryplatea nanaknihali (Diptera: Phoridae), is described from Thailand. This is the first Oriental Region record for this genus; it is otherwise known only from the type species from Africa, where it parasitizes ants of the genus Crematogaster Lund. The new species is probably capable of parasitizing the smallest host Crematogaster (Formicidae) ants in its range. At 0.40 mm in body length, it is the smallest known fly in the world.

  • occurrence of megaselia imitatrix borgmeier and megaselia hansonix disney in florida diptera Phoridae
    Florida Entomologist, 2011
    Co-Authors: Lawrence J Hribar, Brian V. Brown, Henry R L Disney
    Abstract:

    During a study of container-inhabiting mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, Hribar et al. (2004) reported finding larvae of a phorid fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew), in some aquatic habitats. Identification was made on the basis of reared adults. Since that time, aquatic phorid larvae occasionally have been collected during routine mosquito surveillance. Examination of those larvae revealed that their general habitus did not conform to that of descriptions of the larva of M. scalaris. Particularly notable were the caudal spiracles being located on an extensible tube, similar to beach fly larvae (Diptera: Canacidae), and large bulbous anal gills, typical of aquatic Phoridae (Disney 1991). Some specimens were cleared and slidemounted and the cephalopharyngeal skeleton compared to illustrations of that of M. scalaris (Liu & Greenberg 1989). Cephalopharyngeal morphology was not consistent with M. scalaris; instead, larval morphology was consistent with Megaselia imitatrix Borgmeier and M. hansonix Disney (Hanson & Disney 2008; Disney et al. 2009). Attempts to rear additional larvae to the adult stage were unsuccessful. However, adult phorids were seen occasionally in traps set for adult mosquito surveillance. The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District deploys several different mosquito traps for adults. Phorids were collected in dry-ice-baited ABC light traps (Clarke Mosquito Control, Roselle, Illinois, USA) and BG Sentinel traps (Biogents, Regensburg, Germany) baited with octenol and lactic acid. Adult Phoridae were cleared and mounted on microscope slides according to the protocol of Wirth & Marston (1968). Adult males were compared with the figures and description provided by Disney et al. (2009). Four species were identified: Megaselia hansonix Disney, M. imitatrix Borgmeier, M. scalaris (Loew), and an apparently undescribed species of Megaselia. Voucher specimens of adult flies have been deposited in the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, California, and the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology, UK.

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  • multiple species of scuttle flies diptera Phoridae as contaminants in forensic entomology laboratory insect colony
    Tropical Biomedicine, 2015
    Co-Authors: Raja Muhammad Zuha, R H L Disney, L X Q Jenarthanan, Baharudin Omar
    Abstract:

    In forensic entomology, larval rearing usually includes the presence of biological contaminants including scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Scuttle flies are recognized as forensically important insects and have been reported causing nuisance and contamination in laboratory environments. This paper reports for the first time the finding of multiple scuttle fly species affecting colonies of third instar larvae of the Oriental latrine blowfly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera: CalliPhoridae), reared indoors at the Forensic Science Simulation Site, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Adult scuttle flies were discovered inside a rearing container after the emergence of adult C. megacephala., The scuttle fly species are Megaselia scalaris (Loew), M. spiracularis Schmitz and Puliciphora borinquenensis (Wheeler). Notes on the life history and biology of these species are discussed herein.

  • scuttle flies diptera Phoridae of the canary islands
    Journal of Natural History, 2009
    Co-Authors: R H L Disney, S Prescher, N P Ashmole
    Abstract:

    Fifty-four species in 10 genera are listed for the Canary Islands. Megaselia chinyeroensis Disney sp. nov. and Microselia prescherae Disney sp. nov. are described. The hitherto unkown males of Megaselia intermedia (Santos Abreu), Metopina tanjae Disney and Prescher, the putative female of Chonocephalus bentacaisei (Santos Abreu) and the female of Megaselia apozona Schmitz are described. Discovery of errors in the original description of Megaselia striolata Schmitz means that Megaselia canaryae Disney must be synonymized with Schmitz's species.

  • Two new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) attracted to bracket fungi (Polyporaceae) in Spain
    2009
    Co-Authors: R H L Disney, S. Pagola-carte, Downing Street
    Abstract:

    scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the genus Megaselia Rondani were trapped at bracket fungi, Fomes fomentarius, on the trunk of an old beech tree (Fagus sylvatica) in northern Spain. These represented 15 species, including M. lobatafurcae Disney sp. n. and M. parspallida Disney sp. n., four additions to the list of species recorded from peninsular Spain, and four species represented by females only and which cannot be named until linked to their males.

  • the use of megaselia abdita diptera Phoridae in forensic entomology
    Forensic Science International, 2008
    Co-Authors: J D Manlove, R H L Disney
    Abstract:

    This case study demonstrates the importance of the Phorid, Megaselia abdita (Schmitz), as an indicator for post-mortem interval estimation in criminal investigations involving forensic entomology where it is usually the more frequently occurring Calliphorids that are most useful. A case example is discussed where the temperatures were low for the period of time the deceased was missing.

  • first occurrences of the phorid megaselia abdita in forensic cases in britain
    Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2005
    Co-Authors: R H L Disney, J D Manlove
    Abstract:

    .  The first two cases of the occurrence of Megaselia abdita Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae) in human corpses in Britain are reported and a further case of M. rufipes (Meigen). In all three cases the corpses experienced low temperatures.

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