Species Pogonortalis doclea - Boatman Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks

Boatman Fly Series - Pogonortalis doclea

Boatman Fly for California in May - Pogonortalis doclea

Smaller boatman fly - Pogonortalis doclea

Fly waves its wings back and forth a lot - Pogonortalis doclea

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Acalyptratae")

Superfamily Tephritoidea

Family Platystomatidae (Signal Flies)

Genus Pogonortalis

Species doclea (Boatman Fly)

Explanation of Names

Pogonortalis doclea Walker 1849

"Boatman Fly" comes from the way they wave their wings, like oars on a rowboat

Range

native to Australia, introduced into California

Food

Adults are attracted to mammalian dung

Remarks

The males wave wings in display and engage in head-to-head combat

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 29 March, 2006 - 10:16pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 26 December, 2014 - 1:43am

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