Species Poecilosomella angulata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Lesser Dung Fly - Poecilosomella angulata? - Poecilosomella angulata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Sphaeroceroidea

Family Sphaeroceridae (Lesser Dung Flies)

Subfamily Limosininae

Genus Poecilosomella

Species angulata (Poecilosomella angulata)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Limonsina angulata Thomson, 1869

Range

Gulf states, also widespread in tropical America and Africa

Remarks

Marshall and Buck write: "The only Central American species of this primarily tropical Old World/Australasian genus, P. angulata (Thomson), was probably introduced from the Afrotropical Region. It now occurs in many Central and South American countries and is associated with dung."(1)

Papp (1989) writes: "Its original range was probably all tropical Africa. Most of the specimens collected by my colleague DR. ANDRÁS DEMETER in Nigeria, were caught on baboon droppings. On the other hand, it seems not so abundant on dung of large ungulates. Consequently, it is possible that it was transported to South America (and later towards North America) by commerce, i.e. by slave-trader ships some hundreds of years ago."

Print References

Papp, L. 1989. A review of the Afrotropical species of Poecilosomella Duda (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, 81:133–151.

Internet References

Harvard Caribbean Plants & Insects Database

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Central American Diptera Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.

Contributed by Chen Young on 25 April, 2007 - 3:24pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 5 June, 2013 - 3:36pm

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