Melanophora roralis explained

Melanophora roralis is a species of woodlouse fly in the family Calliphoridae.[1] [2]

Description

M. roralis is 3- long, black in colour with hairy antennae and a shiny thorax.

Distribution

It was introduced to North America from Europe[3] and can be found from Southern Ontario[4] to Chile and Argentina.[5]

Ecology

Species fly from mid-May to October and inhabit old forests and damp areas near the shore.[4] The females of this species have a distinctive white spots at the tips of their wings[6] and lay from 189 to 238 eggs in 6.5 to 7.5 hours.[7] It takes up to 21 days for the species' to pupate. It is a parasite of Porcellio scaber.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Cerretti. Pierfilippo. Badano. Davide. Gisondi. Silvia. Lo Giudice. Giuseppe. Pape. Thomas. 15 Jan 2020. The world woodlouse flies (Diptera, Rhinophoridae). ZooKeys. 903. 1–130. 10.3897/zookeys.903.37775. 31997887. 6976704. free. 2 December 2023.
  2. Yan . Liping . Pape . Thomas . Meusemann . Karen . Kutty . Sujatha Narayanan . Meier . Rudolf . Bayless . Keith M . Zhang . Dong . Monophyletic blowflies revealed by phylogenomics . BMC Biology . 2021 . 19 . 230 . 2 December 2023.
  3. Jones, F.M.. Notes on Melanophora roralis. Psyche. 1948. 55. 31–34. 10.1155/1948/74989 . free .
  4. Web site: Melanophora roralis. The Insects of Southern Ontario. May 12, 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180701194217/https://insectsofsouthernontario.ca/melanophora-roralis/. 2018-07-01.
  5. Long-distance introduction: first New World record of Stevenia deceptoria (Loew) and a key to the genera of New World Rhinophoridae (Diptera). Magnolia Press. Zootaxa. 2010. 2524. 66–68. 1175-5326.
  6. Book: Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: with a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America. Marshall, Steven A.. Firefly Books. 2006. 718. 9781552979006 .
  7. Book: The Entomologist. J. Van Voorst. 1991. 182.
  8. Book: Warburg . Michael R. . Evolutionary Biology of Land Isopods . 1993 . Springer . Haifa . 978-3662218914 . 172pp.

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