Review of Oriental Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae)
Author
Disney, Henry L.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1937
23
38
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.184963
148d792f-e193-4ec3-8ca8-9361dd65a400
1175-5326
184963
Metopina ventralis
Schmitz
(
Figs 30–32
)
Metopina ventralis
Schmitz, 1927
: 245
Material.
1 female
,
1 male
,
Indonesia
, Sulawesi-Utara, Dumoga-Bone National Park, edge of Toraut Forest, Malaise trap,
24 February–2 March 1985
, R. H. L. Disney (
UCZM
, 16-17);
2 males
, Dumoga irrigation project, Toraut, rice paddy, Malaise trap,
10–19 August 1985
, A. Kirk-Spriggs (National Museum of
Wales
, 19-92);
1 female
, Lake Mala,
0o44’N
,
124o27’E
,
1080 m
,
10–12 September 1985
, A. Kirk-Spriggs (National Museum of
Wales
, 19-87).
1 female
,
Malaysia
, Sabah, Tawau, Maliau Basin, tributary of Maliau River,
0
4o
44’32.1”N,
116o58’14.5”E
,
220 m
, Malaise trap,
11–15 December 2007
, B. Viklund & N Jönsson ((Swedish Museum of Natural History, 20-15). Also occurs in the Afrotropical and Australasian Regions.
Unidentified males
The following males not yet associated with their females are deposited in Cambridge Museum of Zoology (
UCZM
). One species from Java, one from Penang, two from the
Philippines
and five from Sulawesi.