British Megaselia Fly Species List from Ancient Pollarded Trees

Digitized taxonomic treatments from a 2014 journal article by Disney and Russell-Smith. The data documents additions to the British list of Megaselia flies, including two new species. The original article was published in the Journal of Natural History.

Use Cases

• Taxonomic classification of Megaselia species based on morphological descriptions.
• Biodiversity analysis of insect fauna inhabiting ancient pollarded trees.
• Compiling and verifying species checklists for the British Isles.
• Studying the relationship between specific tree habitats and insect diversity.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a peer-reviewed journal article published in the Journal of Natural History.
• Treatments are digitized via the Plazi platform, which may facilitate programmatic access.
• Includes records of two new species described in the original work.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the scope of the original paper.

Provenance

Source

Plazi treatment bank, based on the article: Disney, R. H. L., Russell-Smith, A. (2014). Journal of Natural History 49(25): 1599-1626.

Collection Method

Digitization of taxonomic treatments from a published scientific article.

Geography

British Isles (implied from title)