The identification of Megaselia sandhui Disney and M. agarici (Lintner) (Diptera: Phoridae), scuttle fly pests of cultivated mushrooms (Agaricales: Agaricaceae)

Entomologist's Gazette

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Disney, R Henry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agaricus; Diptera; Megaselia; Misidentifications; Pests; Phoridae; Pleurotus

Indexed keywords

AGARICACEAE; AGARICALES; AGARICUS; AGARICUS BISPORUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; DIPTERA; MEGASELIA AGARICI; PHORIDAE; PLEUROTUS;

EID: 55949107107     PISSN: 00138894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (28)

1. Borgmeier, T. 1969. Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian biological survey of Dominica: the Phoridae of Dominica (Diptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 23: 1-69.
2. Clift, A. D. 1979. The identity, economic importance and control of insect pests of mushrooms in New South Wales, Australia. Mushroom Science 10: 367-83.
3. Colyer, C. N. 1956. Phorid flies damaging cultivated mushrooms; Megaselia (Megaselia) plurispinulosa (Lundbeck, 1920) (Diptera, Phoridae) a synonym of Megaselia (Megaselia) halterata (Wood, 1910). Journal of the Society for British Entomology 5: 166-171.
4. Disney, R. H. L. 1981. Megaselia sandhui sp. n. (Diptera: Phoridae), a pest of cultivated mushrooms in India. Bulletin of Entomological Research 71: 509-512.
5. _ 1983. The type series of Megaselia collini (Wood) (Dipt., Phoridae) has four included species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 119: 245-247.
6. _ 1987. The undescribed male and Holarctic status of Megaselia abdita Schmitz (Diptera: Phoridae). Entomologica scandinavica 18: 263-264.
7. _ 1989. Scuttle Flies - Diptera Phoridae Genus Megaselia. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10 (8): 1-155.
8. _ 1993. The identities of phorid species infesting cultivated mushrooms. Mushroom Journal no. 525: 24.
9. _ 1994a. A new species and new records of Phoridae (Diptera) from New Zealand. Giomale Italiano di Entomologia 6 (1992): 119-124.
10. _ 1994b. Scuttle Flies: The Phoridae. London.
11. _ 2001. The preservation of small Diptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 137: 155-159.
12. _ 2008a. Natural history of the scuttlefly, Megaselia scalaris. Annual Review of Entomology 53: 39-60.
13. _ 2008b. Section 6.17.22. Order Diptera, Family Phoridae. In van Harten, A. (Ed.), Arthropoda of the United Arab Emirates 1. Abu Dhabi.
14. _ 2008c. Insects of Arabia. Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) Part II: the Genus Megaselia. Fauna of Arabia.
15. Disney, R. H. L. & Durska, E. 1999. A new subspecies of a scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) that feeds on oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) in Poland. Fragmenta faunistica 42: 127-132.
16. Hanson, H. A. & Disney, R. H. L. 2008. An aquatic scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) - A need for care in identification. Antenna 32: 107-112.
17. Johal, K. & Disney, R. H. L. 1994. Phoridae (Diptera) as pests of cultivated oyster mushrooms (Agaricales: Pleurotaceae) in India. Bulletin of Entomological Research 84: 247-254.
18. Lintner, J. A. 1895. Report of the state entomologist for the year 1894. New York State Museum, Annual Report 48: 339-636.
19. Loew, H. 1866. Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria septima. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 1-54.
20. Mohan, S., Mohan, S. & Disney, R. H. L. 1996. A new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) that is a pest of oyster mushrooms (Agaricales: Pleurotaceae) in India. Bulletin of Entomological Research 85 (1995): 515-518.
21. Robinson, W. H. 1975. Taxonomic notes on North American Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 77: 382-383.
22. _ 1977. Phoridae (Diptera) associated with cultivated mushrooms in eastern North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 79: 452-462.
23. _ 1978a. Identification of Megaselia agarici (Lintner) and Megaselia halterata (Wood) (Diptera: Phoridae). United States Department of Agriculture Cooperative Plant Pest Report 3: 14-16.
24. _ 1978b. Terminalia of some North American species of Megaselia (Aphiochaeta) and descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Phoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80: 216-227.
25. Sandhu, G. S & Arora, P. K. 1990. Studies on mechanical and chemical control of mushroom flies - important pests of white button mushroom in Punjab. Journal of Insect Science 3: 92-96.
26. Sandhu, G. S. & Bhattal, D. S. 1989. Chemical control of phorid fly Megaselia sandhui Disney and its effect on the yield of white button mushroom. Mushroom Journal for the Tropics 9: 115-120.
27. Somchoudhury, A. K., Das, T. K., Sarkar, R. K & Mukherjee, A. B. 1988. Life history of three Dipteran flies infesting edible mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju. Environment & Ecology 6: 463-464.
28. Wood, J. H. 1910. On the British species of Phora (contd). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 46:149-154, 195-202, 243-249.