Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from the canopies of ash trees in Norway, with six new species

Disney, R. Henry L.

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Title: Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from the canopies of ash trees in Norway, with six new species

Abstract:

Phoridae obtained from canopies of ash trees include descriptions of the hitherto unknown female of Gymnophora winqvisti Disney and six new species: Megaselia aulaeae n. sp., M. hortenensis n. sp., M. sognensis n. sp.,M. strynensis n. sp., M. vestfoldensis n. sp. and Triphleba brevicostalis n. sp.

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