Five dipterous flies bred from Japanese cormorant feces in Japan

Abstract

Five species of dipterous flies, Scatopse notata (Linnaeus) (Scatopsidae), Anthomyia illocata Walker (Anthomyiidae), Fannia sp. (Fanniidae), Tephrochlamys japonica Okadome (Heleomyzidae) and Homoneura sphincta Sasakawa et Ikeuchi (Lauxaniidae), were bred from feces of the Japanese cormorant, phalacrocorax carbo hanedae Kuroda in Japan. A total of 51 adult flies were collected, the majority of which was T. japonica. This was followed by Fannia sp. and then in a very low representation by H. sphincta.