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The Musca domestica complex in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
PATERSON H. E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of entomology series b, taxonomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0047-2417
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1975.tb00134.x
Subject(s) - musca , housefly , ceylon , sri lanka , biology , taxonomy (biology) , zoology , ecology , socioeconomics , larva , ancient history , sociology , history , tanzania
SYNOPSIS An account is given of samples of houseflies taken from various natural populations in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) to investigate the number of evolutionary forms of housefly that may occur on the island. The results are related to the formal taxonomy of the genus Musca .