The holotype was found under a small log in a very small muddy pool at low tide, in a partly cleared mangrove (dominated by Avicennia marina).
The fly Megaselia scalaris is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world.
In this study, we developed a real-time PCR identification method for M. scalaris as a model case of a flying insect. The yield of total DNA that could be ...