1. PaDIL Species Factsheet Scientific Name: Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Diptera: Phoridae: Metopininae: Metopinini) Common Name Coffin Fly Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140620 Image Library New Zealand Biosecurity Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/ Partners for New Zealand Biosecurity image library Landcare Research — Manaaki Whenua http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/ MPI (Ministry for Primary Industries) http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/ 2. Species Information 2.1. Details Specimen Contact: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory - [email protected] Author: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory Citation: MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory (2011) Coffin Fly(Megaselia scalaris)Updated on 4/11/2014 Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au Image Use: Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY- NC 4.0) 2.2. URL Live link: http://www.padil.gov.au/maf-border/Pest/Main/140620 2.3. Facets Groups: Flies Commodity Overview: Horticulture Commodity Type: Capsicum & Chilli pepper, Cucurbitaceous produce, Ginger Status: NZ - Exotic Pest Status: 0 Unknown Distribution: 0 Unknown Host Family: 0 Unknown 2.4. Other Names Hump-backed Fly Phorid Fly Scuttle fly 2.5. Diagnostic Notes **Adult** Body 2 mm long, yellowish with some dark markings. Vein 3 little, if any, broader than costa. Abdominal spiracles not enlarged. Bristles at tip of anal tube longer than longest hairs of cerci. The longest hair of left side of epandrium almost bristle-like, and clearly differentiated from rest of hairs. Hairs below basal half of hind femur shorter than those of antero-ventral row in distal half. Hind tibia without a clearly differentiated row of spine-like antero-dorsal hairs. Proboscis with simple labella with only a few scattered pale spines beneath. **References** - Disney, R.H.L. (1989). Scuttle flies. Diptera, Phoridae, Genus _Megaselia_. In: Dolling, W.R. & Askew, R.R. (Eds.), _Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects_, 10(8). Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 155 pp. 2.6. References - Disney, R.H.L. (1989). Scuttle flies. Diptera, Phoridae, Genus _Megaselia_. In: Dolling, W.R. & Askew, R.R. (Eds.), _Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects_, 10(8). Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 155 pp. 3. Diagnostic Images DIP64 DIP064 Dorsal - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Dorsal - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF DIP64 DIP064 Head Oblique - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF Headside - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF DIP064 DIP64 Headtop - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Lateral - Adult: Caroline Harding MAF DIP064 DIP064 Lateral - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Posterior spiracle - Larvae: Caroline Harding MAF Results Generated: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 .