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Diptera communities of raptor (Aves) nests in Nova Scotia, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 April 2020

Valerie Levesque-Beaudin Open the ORCID record for Valerie Levesque-Beaudin [Opens in a new window] ,
Bradley J. Sinclair ,
Stephen A. Marshall  and
Randolph F. Lauff
Valerie Levesque-Beaudin*
Affiliation:
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Bradley J. Sinclair
Affiliation:
Canadian National Collection of Insects and Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa Plant Laboratory – Entomology, Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada
Stephen A. Marshall
Affiliation:
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road E, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Randolph F. Lauff
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, 4130 University Avenue, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
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*Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The identity, richness, and abundance of true flies (Diptera) from the nests of three cavity-nesting raptors (Aves) were investigated in northern Nova Scotia, Canada. After fledging, flies were extracted from the nest material using Berlese funnels within an emergence chamber. Thirty-one species/morphospecies from 14 families were collected, including eight new records for Nova Scotia and two new records for eastern North America.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 152 , Issue 3 , June 2020 , pp. 342 - 354
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by The Entomological Society of Canada and Cambridge University Press

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