Trypetidae, Otitidae, Helomyzidae, And Clusiidae of Guam (Diptera)
Author
Mailoch, J. R.
Whashington, D. C.
text
1942
1942-06-01
Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Honolulu, Hawaii
Insects of Guam I
201
210
book chapter
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5163626
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5163626
FAMILY
OTITIDAE
This is the family that until recently was called
Ortalidae
by authors, but, owing to the preoccupation of the generic name
Ortalis
in Ornithology, the name was changed to
Otitidae
.
There are four genera of the family in the present collection, represented by five species. One of the species is widely distributed, being almost cosmopolitan, its saprophagous larval habits making it a ready subject for transportation in commercial vessels. All the others appear to be new to science, and possibly they are indigenous to
Guam
.