The Kleptoparasitic Habits of Musca albina Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae)

Stephen A. Marshall; Adrian C. Pont

doi:10.5733/afin.054.0221

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8 October 2013 The Kleptoparasitic Habits of Musca albina Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae)

Stephen A. Marshall, Adrian C. Pont

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African Invertebrates, 54(2):427-430 (2013). https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.054.0221

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Musca albina is reported as kleptoparasitic on dung-rolling scarab beetles in Namibia, where female flies were observed following dung-rolling Scarabaeus damarensis and ovipositing in partially buried dung balls. This is a first record of kleptoparasitism in the Muscidae.

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Stephen A. Marshall and Adrian C. Pont "The Kleptoparasitic Habits of Musca albina Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae)," African Invertebrates 54(2), 427-430, (8 October 2013). https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.054.0221

Published: 8 October 2013

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