Revision of the Melaloncha (M.) furcata-group of bee-killing flies

(Diptera: Phoridae)

 

Citation: Brown, B. V. 2005. Revision of the Melaloncha furcata-group of bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae). Insect Systematics and Evolution. 36: 241-258. Click here for a PDF version of the paper.

This page contains images and a visual key to species of the M. furcata-group. Click on highlighted text of species names to view color images. All images are of holotypes.

CLASSIFICATION

M. furcata-group
	M. furcata-subgroup
		M. furcata Borgmeier [placement unknown]
		M. kungae Brown
		M. curvata Brown
		M. elongata Brown
		M. hirtipecta Brown
		M. diffidentia Brown
		M. gibberosa-subseries
			M. calceola Brown
			M. gibberosa Brown
			M. lingula Brown
		M. gongyla-subseries
			M. gongyla Brown
			M. inversa Brown
			M. ovata Brown
			M. pilula Brown
			M. varicosa Brown
	M. obscurella-subgroup
		M. catervula Brown
		M. obscurella-series
			M. atlantica Brown
			M. dactyla Brown
			M. mapiriensis Brown
			M. obscurella Borgmeier [female; for male holotype, click here]
			M. clandestina Brown
			M. chamaea Brown

KEY TO SPECIES