New Record and Phylogenetic Analysis of Anthomyia pluvialus in Nova Scotia

From: Northeastern Naturalist | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

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In July 1999, unusually high trap success was recorded for a species of fly in the genus Anthomyia in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. The fly was identified morphologically as A. pluvialis L., which has not been reported previously from mainland Nova Scotia. Some members of the genus Anthomyia are coprophagous and it is possible that these flies were feeding on large sources of composting chicken manure. Preliminary phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial COI sequence data suggests that the Nova Scotia population is more closely related to A. pluvialis from England than to A. ...

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