Bulletin of Entomological Research (1994) 84, 247-254

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Kuldip Johal and R.H.L. Disney (1994)
Phoridae (Diptera) as pests of cultivated oyster mushrooms (Agaricales: Pleurotaceae) in India
Bulletin of Entomological Research 84 (2), 247-254
Abstract: In India the cultivated oyster mushroom Pleurotus sajor-caju (Fr.). Singer is attacked by the larvae of two species of Phoridae, Megaselia pleurota Disney sp. n. and M. scalaris (Loew). The new species is described. Biological data and damage symptoms are reported for both species. Serious economic damage is also caused by a bacterium associated with M. scalaris. The identities of the two Megaselia species, previously reported attacking this fungus, are called into question.
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Database assignments for author(s): R. Henry L. Disney

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
identification/taxonomy

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Beneficial Pest/Disease/Weed Crop/Product Country Quarant.


Megaselia scalaris Pleurotus (crop) India
Megaselia pleurota Pleurotus (crop) India
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