Revision of the untreated taxa of Melaloncha s. s. bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
Author
Brown, Brian V.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-08-03
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1280.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1280.1.1
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Melaloncha digitalis
group
Diagnosis.
Frons and head narrowed. Ventral interfrontal seta nearly vertically below ventral frontoorbital seta (except in
M
.
simotris
). Foretarsal claws smoothly curved, without basal lobe. Abdomen of at least some species with dorsomedial membranous process (possibly a gland) posterior to tergite 6. Ovipositor elongate, densely setose (less so in
M. simotris
), curved dorsally.
Included species.
Melaloncha digitalis
,
M. immaculata
,
M. simotris
,
and
M. xanthocauda
.