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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Muscidae » Mydaeinae » Brontaea

Genus Brontaea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
fly - Brontaea humilis - male fly - Brontaea humilis - male Fly - Brontaea Fly - Brontaea Fly - Brontaea Gymnodia delecta - Brontaea delecta
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae
Subfamily Mydaeinae
Genus Brontaea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gymnodia Robineau-Desvoidy 1863
Explanation of Names
Brontaea Kowarz 1873
Numbers
Five species in the New World:
Brontaea debilis (Williston, 1896) - extreme southern US (TX, FL), Central/South America
Brontaea delecta (Wulp, 1896) - most of USA and SE Canada, Hawaii, Central/South America
Brontaea humilis (Zetterstedt, 1860) - introduced, scattered locales across northern NA, probably widespread now
Brontaea normata (Bigot, 1885) - Central/South America
Brontaea quadristigma (Thomson, 1869) - southern USA, FL-CA-KS-VA, South America
Identification
Males and females can be quite different in coloration.
Habitat
Attracted to dung, especially cow and horse dung, as well as garbage. (1)
Remarks
A common type of filth fly. (1)
Print References
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26808#page/177/mode/1up
Works Cited
1.A revision of New World Brontaea Kowarz (Diptera, Muscidae)
Claudio J. B. de Carvalho and Adrian C. Pont. 1997. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 14 (3): 723 -749.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 1 August, 2013 - 10:26pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 18 January, 2021 - 6:57pm

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