Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) of the Canary Islands Author Disney, R. H. L. Author Prescher, S. Author Ashmole, N. P. text Journal of Natural History 2010 2009-12-17 44 3 - 4 107 218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903371813 journal article 10.1080/00222930903371813 1464-5262 5206932 Metopina heselhausi Schmitz ( Figures 71 , 72 ) Metopina heselhausi Schmitz, 1914 . Metopina galeata Hal. ?” Schmitz, 1936. Probably Metopina heselhausi Schmitz, Disney et al. 1990 . Confirmed Disney and Prescher, 2003 . Previous records La Palma, Tenerife. Natural history Adults have been recorded visiting the flowers of Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae) , Reseda lutea (Resedaceae) and Potentilla anserina (Rosaceae) ; and also on meat baits.