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First Record of the Family Camillidae in the New World (Diptera)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. F. McAlpine
J. F. McAlpine
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute, Research Branch Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario
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The discovery of Camilla glabra (Fallen) in Ottawa, Canada, is the first record of the existence in the New World of any member of the interesting little family Camillidae. A single male specimen taken June 15, 1954, by D. G. F. Cobb while collecting insects in her garden, would seem to indicate the species is established here.

The family Camillidae consists of the single genus Camilla Haliday, which for many years was assigned to the family Drosophilidae. Frey, (1921) considered it sufficiently differentiated from the Drosophilidae to warrant separate status and erected the family Camillidae to receive it. Duda (1934), Wheeler (1952, p. 164), and Collin (1956) all recognized the group as a family distinct from the Drosophilidae. More recently, Hennig (1958, p. 665) placed it as a separate family in the Drosophiloidea, pointing out that while it has certain characters in common with Curtonotidae and Drosophilidae, it shows even more affinities with Diastatidae and Ephydridae.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 92 , Issue 12 , December 1960 , pp. 954 - 956
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1960

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