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Table 2 in Updating and expanding the key to European Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae): from Disney’s Britain to a continental fauna, with 393 additions and four new species
Table 2. Megaselia bruna Caruso, Bøggild & Grundmann sp. nov. Description (following Hartop & Brown 2014a).HeadSA ratio1.0VIF posit
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Table 2. Megaselia bruna Caruso, Bøggild & Grundmann sp. nov. Description (following Hartop & Brown 2014a).
| Head | |
|---|---|
| SA ratio | 1.0 |
| VIF position | normal ʻB’ |
| Palpal setae length | long |
| Labellum spinosity | spinose sparse |
| Thorax | |
| Anepisternum | hairs (~15) |
| Relative halter color | same (slightly lighter) |
| Number NP setae | 3 |
| NP cleft | absent |
| Scutellar setae | 2+2 |
| Legs | |
| Ts1 palisade | 1–5 |
| T2 palisade | 0.70 |
| T3 comb bifurcate | absent |
| T3 setulae | PD only |
| F3 basal setae | B<AV |
| F3 basal setae differentiation | present (short and slightly hooked at the tip) |
| Wing | |
| Wing length | 1.839 mm |
| Subcosta | incomplete |
| Hair at base of R | short |
| R2+3 | present |
| Costal index | 0.50/0.55 |
| Costal ratios | 4.2:1.3:1 |
| Costal setae length | 0.09 mm |
| Number alular setae | 4+ (7/8) |
| Wing color | lightly infuscated |
| Genitalia | |
| AT length | E≥AT |
| E setation | hairs only |
| Relative posterior setation | T6=C<H>E |
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Caruso, Valerio (2026). Table 2 in Updating and expanding the key to European Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae): from Disney’s Britain to a continental fauna, with 393 additions and four new species. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20084973