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
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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.