Title:

A new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with one sex of a dioecious fig tree in Thailand

Subtitle:

A new species of Megaselia associated with one sex of a dioecious fig tree ; Nowy gatunek Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) związany z jedną płcią dwupiennego drzewa figowego w Tajlandii

Creator:

Disney R. Henry L. ; Compton Stephen G.

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2019

Description:

24 cm

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

scuttle flies ; Agaonidae ; Ficus ischnopoda ; riparian forest ; Oriental ; Southest Asia

Abstract:

Megaselia ischnopodae Disney n. sp. (Diptera, Phoridae) is reared from larvae found in mature male figs of Ficus ischnopoda Miq. (Urticales, Moracea) in Thailand. Other phorid species associated with fig trees are briefly reviewed.

References:

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BORGMEIER T. 1967. Studies on Indo-Australian phorid flies, based mainly on material of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the United States National Museum (Diptera, Phoridae). Studia Entomologica, Petropolis 9 (1966): 129–328.
COMPTON S. G. & DISNEY R. H. L. 1991. New species of Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) whose larvae live in fig syconia (Urticales: Moraceae), and adults prey on fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae). Journal of NaturalHistory 25: 203–219. DOI: 10.1516/R22K-4164-7744-J272
DISNEY R. H. L. 1986. Morphological and other observations on Chonocephalus (Phoridae) and phylogenetic implications for the Cyclorrhapha (Diptera). Journal of Zoology, London (A) 210: 77–87. DOI.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1986.tb03621.x
DISNEY R. H. L. 2001. The preservation of small Diptera. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 137: 155–159.
DISNEY R. H. L. 2016. Review of Oriental Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae). Annales Zoologici66 (2): 277–328. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2016.66.2.008
HARRY M., SOLIGNAC H. M. & LACHAISE D. 1997. Adaptive radiation in the Afrotropical region of the Paleotropical genus Lissocephala (Drosophilidae) on the pantropical genus Ficus (Moraceae). Journal of Biogeography 23: 543–552. DOI.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00016.x
JOUSSELIN E. & KJELLBERG F. 2001. The functional implications of active and passive pollination in dioecious figs. Ecology Letters 4: 151–158. DOI.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00209.x
MACGOWAN I. & COMPTON S. G. 2018. A new species of Silba (Diptera; Lonchaeidae) associated with figs. Zootaxa: 4455 (1): 196–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.1.10
MIAO B.G.,YANG D.R.,LIU C.,PENG Y-Q.&COMPTONS.G. 2011. The impact of a gall midge on the reproductive success of Ficus benjamina, a potentially invasive fig tree. Biological Control 59: 228–233. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.07.007

Relation:

Fragmenta Faunistica

Volume:

62

Issue:

1

Start page:

47

End page:

53

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/00159301FF2019.62.1.047

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.256 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4664

Language:

eng ; eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open