The Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866)(Diptera: Phoridae): A New Threat on Laboratory Mass Production of Fruit Flies

MK Daif, AMZ Mosallam… - Journal of Plant …, 2023 - jppp.journals.ekb.eg
… (2007) reported, in Brazil, for the first time M. scalaris infesting laboratory colonies of Triatoma
brasiliensi. M. scalarislarvae … The first record of facultative parasitism of Megaselia spp. (…

First detection of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) as a facultative endoparasitoid of Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

MSA El-Hawagry, AME Ebrahim, MSE Nada - Egyptian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
… fly Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridaefirst time in laboratory colonies of this bug
in Egypt. The present investigation revealed that M. scalaris could be included to the recorded

First Report on Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Phoridae) Infestation of the Invasive Pest Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in China

Y Tang, Q Li, L Xiang, R Gu, Y Wu, Y Zhang, X Bai… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Koch and Costa found that laboratory-raised Parastagmatoptera tessellata and Triatoma …
To our knowledge, this is the first record of M. scalaris infesting wild S. frugiperda in China. …

First record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866)(Diptera: Phoridae) as a facultative parasite to Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) at Menoufia Governorate, Egypt

ME Sweelam, MO Kolaib, AA Dawod - Egyptian Journal of Crop …, 2022 - journals.ekb.eg
Megaselia scalaris stages were coincidently found in the laboratory during the rearing
process of a black cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon strain on castor, Riciuns comunis L. leaves as a …

First record of Scuttle fly, Megaselia (M) scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) as a parasitoid of Sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps Puton (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae) …

L Ebrahimi, RHL Disney, A Haghshenas… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
… the insect was parasitized with Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) larvae. Per …
to the laboratory and kept in closed boxes with ventilated lids at 25 ± 1 C and RH = 75%. One

Scuttle fly Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) endoparasitoid as a novel biocontrol agent against adult American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana)

EA Arafat, LM El-Samad, MA Hassan - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
scalaris could contaminate colonies in forensic and entomological labs. Furthermore, M. …
Herein, we report, for the first time, decapitated American cockroaches infested with M. …

First Record of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) as a Parasitoid of Thyas coronata (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

R Rajan, RSM Shamsudeen - Indian Journal of Entomology, 2023 - indianentomology.org
… For the first time in India, the humpbacked fly Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)
was … scalaris is considered as a laboratory pest for infesting invertebrate cultures. It was also …

The First Record of Facultative Parasitism of Spp.(Diptera:) in a Honeybee Colony in Slovakia

R Sabo, J Legáth, M Staroň, L Sabová - Folia Veterinaria, 2020 - sciendo.com
… (Diptera: Phoridae) in one honeybee colony at the University … Detailed clinical signs of
Megaselia rufipes infestation have … in Megaselia scalaris in both the laboratory cockroach cultures …

Biological Control Potential of the Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew)(Diptera: Phoridae), on the Home-Invading Pest Luprops tristis (Fabricius)(Coleoptera …

P Binsha, SK Thomas, J Sunny - The Coleopterists Bulletin, 2020 - BioOne
… tristis following heavy infestation by M. scalaris in our laboratory colony prompted us to …
scalaris attained earlier larval maturity and early adult emergence with L. tristis as food. Our …

Standardization of a Culture Medium for Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae) for Entomotoxicological Studies

LA Castillo-Alanis… - Journal of Medical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… the oviposition that originated the infestation: 1) contamination of … is readily raised on media
commonly employed for laboratoryscalaris colony used in the subsequent experiments …