| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | B. V. Brown |
| Journal: | Insect Systematics & Evolution |
| Volume: | 36 |
| Pagination: | 241-258 |
| ISBN Number: | 1399-560X |
| Accession Number: | ZOOREC:ZOOR14204020093 |
| Abstract: | The Melaloncha furcata-group of bee-killing flies is revised, and two subdivisions recognized: the M. furcata-subgroup and the M. obscurella-subgroup. The M. furcata-subgroup consists of M. furcata, a species described from males only and thus not currently recognizable, and thirteen new species: M. calceola, M. curvata, M. diffidentia, M. elongata, M. gibberosa, M. gongyla M. hirtipecta M. inversa, M. kungae, M. lingula, M. ovata, M. pilula, and M. varicosa. The M. obscurella-subgroup consists of M. obscurella Borgmeier, and six new species: M. mapiriensis, M. atlantica, M. dactyla, M. catervula, M. clandestina, and M. chamaea. Possible hosts are known for some species, mostly stingless bees of the genus Plebeia. |
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