The first Levantine record of Megaselia sandhui Disney (Diptera: Phoridae), a pest of cultivated mushrooms (Agaricales: Agaricaceae)

Authors

  • Mike B. Mostovski The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa. E-mail: mike.mostovski@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2528-0283

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Diptera, Phoridae, Megaselia, scuttle flies, agricultural pests, pests, button mushrooms, champignons, Israel, Levant, Middle East

Abstract

Megaselia sandhui Disney, 1981, a pest of cultivated mushrooms (Agaricales: Agaricaceae), known previously from the southern part of the Palaearctic Region (Arabian Peninsula, Iran and India (Punjab)), has been recorded for the first time in Israel, in the southern part of the 'Arava Valley. 

To cite: Mostovski, M.B. 2023. The first Levantine record of Megaselia sandhui Disney (Diptera: Phoridae), a pest of cultivated mushrooms (Agaricales: Agaricaceae). Israel Journal of Entomology 52: 63–65.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10508339

Megaselia sandui, abdominal sternite 4

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Published

2023-12-31

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Vol. 52 (2023)

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Short communications

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