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Musca autumnalis Deg. in North America (Diptera: Muscidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. R. Vockeroth
J. R. Vockeroth
Affiliation:
Systematic Entomology Unit, Entomology Division, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
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Musca domestica L., the house fly, has hitherto been the only species of the genus definitely known to occur in North America. West (1951) wrote: “This paucity of species in the New World is somewhat strange…it would not be surprising if one or more additional representatives of the genus Musca should sooner or later put in their appearance on the American scene.” An authentic record of a second species, M. autumnalis Deg. [=M. corvina Fab.], is therefore of considerable interest.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 85 , Issue 11 , November 1953 , pp. 422 - 423
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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