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The Housefly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, as an Exotic Species in the Western Hemisphere Incites Biological Control Studies1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. F. Legner  and
C. W. McCoy
E. F. Legner
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside, California
C. W. McCoy
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Control, University of California, Riverside, California
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Abstract

The significance of the housefly, Musca domestica Linnaeus, as a probably introduced species in the Western Hemisphere is pertinent to a search for more exotic natural enemies in the Eastern Hemisphere. Avenues of entry into this hemisphere are discussed. A list is provided of the principal larval and pupal parasites found by the authors attacking M. domestica in North, Central, and South America and this is compared to species from the Eastern Hemisphere.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 98 , Issue 3 , March 1966 , pp. 243 - 248
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1966

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