A new species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Algeria

Mounir Saifi; R Henry L Disney; Salaheddine Doumandji

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.11

A new species and new records of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Algeria

Zootaxa. 2019 Jun 18;4619(1):zootaxa.4619.1.11. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.11.

Authors

Mounir Saifi¹, R Henry L Disney, Salaheddine Doumandji

Affiliation

¹ MS SD, National Higher School of Agronomy, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, Algiers. Algeria.. mnr.saifi@gmail.com.

PMID: 31716323
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.11

Abstract

Among seven species caught at wild boar carcasses in Algeria Megaselia falsum Disney n. sp. is described and the hitherto unknown female of M. iberiensis Disney.

Keywords: Diptera, Phoridae, new species, new records, Algeria.

MeSH terms

Algeria
Animals
Cadaver
Diptera*
Female
Sus scrofa
Swine