Megaselia brevicostalis (Wood 1910)

Megaselia (Megaselia) brevicostalis (Wood)

Phora brevicostalis Wood, 1910, pp. 243, 246 [♂ ♀; England].

Aphiochaeta brevicostalis (Wood).—Wood, 1912, p. 171.—Brues, 1915a, p. 113—Lundbeck, 1922, p. 401, fig. 119.

Megaselia (Megaselia) brevicostalis (Wood).—Borgmeier, 1966, pp. 6 [key], 106, figs. 89–90 [♂ ♀; U.S.; South America].

Aphiochaeta fuscopedunculata Malloch, 1912, p. 498 [Kaslo, B.C.],—Borgmeier, 1966, p. 107 [synonymy].

Megaselia (Megaselia) frequens Borgmeier, 1962b, p. 312, 448 [Brazil]; 1966, p. 107 [synonymy].

This European species, recently recorded by Borgmeier from North and South America, is represented by two males: 1 pinned specimen from Dominica, Layou, 29 May 1966 (G. Steyskal); and 1 male in alcohol, Dominica, Clarke Hall, Feb. 1965, light trap (W. W. Wirth). The species has a small bristle at base of 3rd vein.