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Issue: Vol. 4508 No. 4: 2 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4508.4.3
Page range: 551–561
Abstract views: 132
PDF downloaded: 4

Four new Megaselia species (Diptera: Phoridae) from aanimal carcasses in Bangi, Malaysia

Forensic Science Program, School of Diagnostic & Applied Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom.
Diptera scuttle fly Phoridae Megaselia forensic entomology animal carcass

Abstract

Megaselia bangiensis Disney sp. nov., M. cumpapillarum Disney sp. nov., M. hyplongiseta Disney sp. nov. and M. selangorensis Disney sp. nov. were collected from rabbit carcasses placed in concealed environments in Bangi, Malaysia.

 

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