Revision of the untreated taxa of Melaloncha s. s. bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Author Brown, Brian V. text Zootaxa 2006 2006-08-03 1280 1 1 68 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1280.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1280.1.1 1175­5334 5070710 55F01BD6-4319-49C1-AA45-AAF0B27AEF15 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 .