Primer registro de Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Coelopidae) en Portugal continental, con notas sobre su ciclo de vida

Felipe Lourenço; Catarina Prado e Castro; Olga M. C. C. Ameixa‍

doi:10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.366

First record of Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Coelopidae) in continental Portugal, with notes on its life cycle

Authors

Felipe Lourenço ECOMARE, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies - CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5252-520X
Catarina Prado e Castro ECOMARE, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies – CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0121-4695
Olga M. C. C. Ameixa‍ ECOMARE, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies – CESAM, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5422-1090

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.366

Keywords:

Diptera, Coelopidae, kelp flies, sea wrack, beach flies, insect rearing

Abstract

This paper reports the first record of an established population of the seaweed fly Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Coelopidae) on Barra beach, Aveiro, Portugal. A total of 17 specimens were collected with sweep-nets from sea wrack dominated by Fucus sp. and the invasive water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Mart) Solms. The individuals of this species were observed during autumn, overflying the sea wrack in this coastal area. Adult individuals were collected and reared under control conditions in a rearing facility, using the brown algae Fucus sp. as substrate. The complete life cycle was completed in about 5 weeks at 15ºC. A great variation in size was observed among both male and female emerged individuals.

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2023-05-12

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Lourenço F, Prado e Castro C, Ameixa‍ OMCC. First record of Malacomyia sciomyzina (Haliday, 1833) (Diptera, Coelopidae) in continental Portugal, with notes on its life cycle. Graellsia [Internet]. 2023May12 [cited 2025May1];79(1):e192. Available from: https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/722

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