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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Ephydroidea » Camillidae » Afrocamilla » Afrocamilla bispinosa
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Diptera - Afrocamilla bispinosa
Copyright © 2020 Casey Richart

Diptera - Afrocamilla bispinosa
San Clemente Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
March 1, 2019
Collected near Pyramid Ridge from maritime desert scrub via beat sheeting and time-constrained search of Encelia californica; 32.8252, -118.3593. Image by Jennifer Y. Burt.

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Contributed by Casey Richart on 24 March, 2020 - 6:02pm
Last updated 24 March, 2020 - 10:18pm

Guess I should start using a
Guess I should start using a beating sheet...
… Arturo Santos, 24 March, 2020 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

Habitat
Camiliidae are associated with mammal burrows where larvae probably feed on dung. The holotype of Afrocamilla bispinosa was possibly from a wood rat nest. As far as I know this is the second specimen to be collected; the first was in 1958.
… John F. Carr, 24 March, 2020 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Type Locality?
So cool!!! Where is the type locality? Africa?! It is possible the specimen was aspirated directly from the plant.
… Casey Richart, 25 March, 2020 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Native
The species is probably native to California. The type locality is San Dimas. When the genus was named no species were known outside of Africa.

The African species were poorly known until people started looking in the right places. In America the right place may be wood rat (Neotoma) nests.
… John F. Carr, 25 March, 2020 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Wood Rats, FYI
There are no wood rats known from San Clemente Islands. Two native terrestrial mammals, the island fox (Urocyon littoralis clementae) and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus clementis) occur there. Both are endemic subspecies found only on San Clemente Island. Felis catus, Rattus rattus, and Mus musculus are introduced and present, a number of introduced grazers are now eradicated (goat, sheep, deer), and dogs have likely been around.
… Casey Richart, 25 March, 2020 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 24 March, 2020 - 10:18pm login or register to post comments

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