Species Brontaea humilis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Works Cited

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

Species humilis (Brontaea humilis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Brontaea humilis (Zetterstedt, 1860)

Size

3 to 4.5 mm (1)

Identification

Males wholly dark, while females have a pattern of grey dusting. (1)

Range

Palaearctic, introduced into North America. (1)

In our area, known from Michigan, Quebec, Ontario, North Carolina, and British Columbia. (1)

Habitat

Adults attracted to horse dung (where larvae breed), as well as to honeydew and lights. (1)

Season

Overwinters as adults, very often entering buildings, often in great numbers. (1)

Food

Larvae breed in horse dung. (1)

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 - 10:32pm

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