A review of scuttle fly genera of Israel (Diptera: Phoridae), with new records and an identification key
Author
Mostovski, Mike B.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4137
1
61
72
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4137.1.4
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1175-5326
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Menozziola schmitzi
(
Menozzi, 1921
)
Material.
Israel
:
1♂
Mizra' [
32°39'N
35°17'E
],
13.iv.2012
, W. Kuslitzky, forest, Malaise trap; 1♀ Jerusalem Botanical Gardens, Mountain Conifer Forest section [
31°46'22"N
35°12'01"E
],
24–25.iv.2016
, M. Mostovski, yellow pan trap.
Remarks.
This European species is known as a parasite of
Crematogaster scutellaris
(Olivier)
ants (
Menozzi, 1921
), which are so far unknown in
Israel
(
Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009
).