Eur. J. Entomol. 98 (3): 367-373, 2001 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2001.057

Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) whose larvae develop in flowers of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) in Panama

R. Henry L. DISNEY1, Shoko SAKAI2,*
1 University Museum of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England. e-mail: rhld2@hermes.cam.ac.uk
2 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Ancon, Republic of Panama

Megaselia metropolitanoensis Disney, sp. n., M. sakaiae Disney, sp. n. and Puliciphora pygmaea (Borgmeier, 1960) comb. n. are reported developing in the flowers of Aristolochia inflata H. B. K. and A. maxima Jacq. in Panama. The new species are described, as is the hitherto unknown male of Puliciphora pygmaea. The latter is transferred to the the genus Puliciphora Dahl, 1897 from the genus Myrmomyia Silvestri, 1911 which is formally synonymised with Puliciphora, along with P. brachymyrmecis (Silvestri, 1911) comb. n. and P. nigroflava (Borgmeier, 1958) comb. n.

Keywords: Diptera, Phoridae, new species, new synonymy, new combinations, Aristolochiaceae, Neotropical Region

Received: March 26, 2001; Revised: June 12, 2001; Accepted: July 3, 2001; Published: October 31, 2001  Show citation

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Henry DISNEY, R.L., & SAKAI, S. (2001). Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) whose larvae develop in flowers of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae) in Panama. EJE, 98(3), 367-373. doi: 10.14411/eje.2001.057
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