Musca albina is a widespread Old World species of fly, known from the dry areas of the Afrotropical realm, North Africa and the Middle East, Central Asia, India and Sri Lanka.[1] It is a sun-loving species, and adults have been found clustering around domestic animals to feed on sweat and other secretions and on their feces. The Namibian population at least is clearly kleptoparasitic and very specific in its oviposition behaviour, laying eggs only in dung balls being interred by one out of several co-occurring dung-rolling scarab beetle species.[2]
musca, albina, widespread, world, species, known, from, areas, afrotropical, realm, north, africa, middle, east, central, asia, india, lanka, loving, species, adults, have, been, found, clustering, around, domestic, animals, feed, sweat, other, secretions, the. Musca albina is a widespread Old World species of fly known from the dry areas of the Afrotropical realm North Africa and the Middle East Central Asia India and Sri Lanka 1 It is a sun loving species and adults have been found clustering around domestic animals to feed on sweat and other secretions and on their feces The Namibian population at least is clearly kleptoparasitic and very specific in its oviposition behaviour laying eggs only in dung balls being interred by one out of several co occurring dung rolling scarab beetle species 2 Musca albinaScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder DipteraFamily MuscidaeGenus MuscaSpecies M albinaBinomial nameMusca albinaWiedemann 1830References Edit Curtis W Sabrosky 1952 House flies in Egypt American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1 2 333 336 doi 10 4269 ajtmh 1952 1 333 PMID 14924098 Marshall S A amp Pont A C 2013 The kleptoparasitic habits of Musca albina Wiedemann 1830 Diptera Muscidae African Invertebrates 54 2 427 430 1 This article related to members of the fly family Muscidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Musca albina amp oldid 1133747076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
