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<mods:title>Three new species of Megaselia Rondani, 1856 (Diptera, Phoridae) from Switzerland</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>R. Henry L. Disney</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm>Author</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Sabine Prescher</mods:namePart>
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<mods:title>Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>88</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6113013" ID-GBIF-Taxon="117139763" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6113013" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03F39545FF97B57FD2DEFB7EFE80FCEB" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F39545FF97B57FD2DEFB7EFE80FCEB" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="297" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">
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<taxonomicName authority="Schmitz, 1948" authorityName="Schmitz" authorityYear="1948" box="[388,772,1237,1261]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<heading bold="true" box="[388,772,1237,1261]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" reason="0">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[388,772,1237,1261]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[388,606,1237,1261]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">Megaselia differens</emphasis>
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Schmitz,
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<number box="[719,772,1237,1261]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="1948.0">1948</number>
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</emphasis>
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</heading>
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</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="295" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph box="[138,559,1277,1296]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">
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<treatmentCitation author="Schmitz" box="[138,559,1277,1296]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" year="1948">
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<taxonomicName authority="Schmitz, 1948: 394" authorityName="Schmitz" authorityPageNumber="394" authorityYear="1948" box="[138,489,1277,1296]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[138,311,1277,1296]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">Megaselia differens</emphasis>
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Schmitz,
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<number box="[401,448,1277,1296]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="1948.0">1948</number>
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:
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<number box="[456,489,1277,1296]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="394.0">394</number>
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</taxonomicName>
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(male).
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</treatmentCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="295">
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<treatmentCitation author="Schmitz in Schmitz & Beyer" box="[138,655,1299,1319]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" year="1965">
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<taxonomicName authority="Schmitz" authorityName="Schmitz" box="[138,367,1299,1319]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[138,289,1300,1319]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">Megaselia beyeri</emphasis>
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Schmitz
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</taxonomicName>
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in Schmitz & Beyer,
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<number box="[560,607,1300,1319]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="1965.0">1965</number>
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:
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<number box="[616,651,1300,1319]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="606.0">606</number>
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,
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</treatmentCitation>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[660,715,1300,1319]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">syn. n</emphasis>
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.
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<treatmentCitation author="Dampf" box="[138,476,1322,1341]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" year="1924">
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<taxonomicName authority="Dampf, 1924: 36" authorityName="Dampf" authorityPageNumber="36" authorityYear="1924" box="[138,476,1322,1341]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Aphiochaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beckeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[138,318,1322,1341]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">Aphiochaeta beckeri</emphasis>
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Dampf,
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<number box="[397,444,1322,1341]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="1924.0">1924</number>
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:
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<number box="[452,476,1322,1341]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="36.0">36</number>
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</taxonomicName>
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</treatmentCitation>
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.
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<treatmentCitation author="Wood" box="[486,639,1322,1342]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" year="1909">
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Not Wood,
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<number box="[589,635,1322,1341]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="1909.0">1909</number>
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.
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</treatmentCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="297" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" type="discussion">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="295">
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In the keys to Abteilung IV, Zweite Reihe of Palaearctic species of
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<taxonomicName authority="Schmitz &Beyer 1965" authorityName="Schmitz &Beyer" authorityYear="1965" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[911,1022,1377,1401]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">Megaselia</emphasis>
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(Schmitz &Beyer
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<number box="[340,394,1406,1430]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="1965.0">1965</number>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName box="[419,524,1407,1431]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[419,524,1407,1431]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName box="[581,712,1407,1431]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[581,712,1407,1431]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are keyed out in the poorly constructed section of couplets
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<number box="[476,567,1436,1460]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="90.0" valueMax="97.0" valueMin="83.0">83 to 97</number>
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. Couplet
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<number box="[669,696,1436,1460]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="83.0">83</number>
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initiates problems by dividing species with acostal index exceeding
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<number box="[548,595,1465,1489]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="0.49">0.49</number>
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from those with the CI less than
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<number box="[963,1013,1465,1489]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="0.48">0.48</number>
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. This causes
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<taxonomicName box="[268,370,1495,1519]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[268,370,1495,1519]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to key out at couplet
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<number box="[600,627,1495,1519]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" value="86.0">86</number>
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but
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<taxonomicName box="[673,802,1495,1519]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="295" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[673,802,1495,1519]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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to run out at couplet
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</paragraph>
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<footnote box="[982,1022,1561,1585]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">
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<paragraph box="[982,1022,1561,1585]" pageId="0" pageNumber="295">295</paragraph>
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</footnote>
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<caption pageId="1" pageNumber="296" targetBox="[153,1037,122,1416]" targetPageId="1">
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<paragraph pageId="1" pageNumber="296">
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Figs 1–9.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[242,453,1453,1472]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="296">
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<taxonomicName box="[242,453,1453,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="296" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="limpachensis" status="sp. n.">Megaselia limpachensis</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[459,508,1453,1472]" pageId="1" pageNumber="296" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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male. — 1. frons; — 2. postpedicel and palp; — 3. proboscis; — 4. left face of hypopygium; — 5. right face of hypopygium; — 6. front tibia and tarsus; — 7. mid tibia; —8. hind femur; —9. wing.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="297">
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<number box="[138,168,124,148]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="96.0">96</number>
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. In the keys to the males of species from the British Isles (Disney
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<number box="[897,951,124,148]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="1989.0">1989</number>
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) these two species both run out at couplet
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<number box="[516,558,153,177]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="114.0">114</number>
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, with the distinction between the two being very fine. Namely the slight difference in the costal indexes and the number of bristles on the epandrium. With the examination of further material of this complex, suspicion that
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<taxonomicName box="[293,396,241,265]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[293,396,241,265]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was merely avariant of
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<taxonomicName box="[662,791,241,265]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[662,791,241,265]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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arose. This was reinforced by the description of
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<taxonomicName box="[441,544,271,295]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[441,544,271,295]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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noting that the atypically robust hairs below the base of the male’s hind femur are not crowded as in
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<taxonomicName authority="Brues, 1903" authorityName="Brues" authorityYear="1903" box="[766,882,300,324]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Aphiochaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beckeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[766,882,300,324]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beckeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,but without mentioning that they are indistinguishable from those of
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<taxonomicName box="[749,878,329,353]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[749,878,329,353]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="297">
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Asubset of this complex of species is characterized by the labella of the proboscis being enlarged and with numerous small spinules on their lower faces. These can then be subdivided on the basis of the details of the hypopygia, whether the hairs below the male’s hind femora are unusually robust or at most only moderately robust, as in the common
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<taxonomicName authority="Wood, 1909" authorityName="Wood" authorityYear="1909" box="[415,700,476,500]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="altifrons">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[415,541,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. altifrons</emphasis>
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(Wood,
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<number box="[636,692,476,500]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="1909.0">1909</number>
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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, and whether the haltere knob is yellow or brown. With regard to the hypopygia the tip of the posteroventral lobe of the epandriun is convex in some but concave in others.
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<taxonomicName box="[772,876,535,559]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[772,876,535,559]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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belong to the concave group, with brown haltere knobs and identical hind femora. The supposed difference in the number of epandrial bristles merely represents two ends of acontinuous range of variation. It is concluded that
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<taxonomicName box="[894,998,623,647]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[894,998,623,647]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is asynonym of
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<taxonomicName box="[284,411,652,676]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[284,411,652,676]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.The brief (three and ahalf lines) description of the female of
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<taxonomicName box="[167,270,681,705]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[167,270,681,705]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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did not allow its recognition. However, the female of
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<taxonomicName box="[851,980,681,705]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="differens">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[851,980,681,705]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. differens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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has since been described (Disney
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<number box="[458,515,710,734]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="2015.0">2015</number>
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). As
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<taxonomicName box="[571,674,711,735]" class="Insecta" family="Phoridae" genus="Megaselia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beyeri">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[571,674,711,735]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">M. beyeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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this species has previously been reported from Switzerland.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="2" pageNumber="297">
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We report two males from Ticino after aforest fire (Prescher
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[202,256,769,793]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">et al.</emphasis>
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<number box="[263,318,769,793]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="2002.0">2002</number>
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) Waldbrand,
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<date box="[465,611,769,793]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="1997-06-10">
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<number box="[465,492,769,793]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="10.0">10</number>
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June
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<number box="[555,611,769,793]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="1997.0">1997</number>
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</date>
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, Moretti (Bek
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<number box="[769,816,769,793]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="19.1">19.1</number>
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&
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<number box="[845,886,769,793]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="142.0">142</number>
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,
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<collectionCode box="[898,969,770,793]" collectionName="Switzerland, Zurich, Erdgenoessische Technische Hochschule-Zentrum" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">ETHZ</collectionCode>
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,
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<number pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="97.0" valueMax="175.0" valueMin="19.0">19- 175</number>
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,
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<collectionCode box="[192,272,799,823]" collectionName="United Kingdom, Cambridge, University, Museum of Zoology" pageId="2" pageNumber="297">CUMZ</collectionCode>
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,
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<number box="[283,362,798,822]" pageId="2" pageNumber="297" value="97.5" valueMax="176.0" valueMin="19.0">19-176</number>
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).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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