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A REVIEW of literature reveals that no account has been given on the bionomics of this species in Egypt. It is frequently met with during the spring and autumn; and the average person would be likely to take it for a small house-fly. It is a coprophagous species. It breeds in cow- and buffalo-dung and in human excrement, but the former is much preferred by the fly as a breeding medium. Experiments show that horse manure does not attract the female fly for oviposition. This fly was reared from human fæces by Howard1. Other coprophagous species of Hylemyia (H. longicomis and H. strigosa) have been reared from cow- and horse-dung2.
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Howard, L. O., Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 2, 583 (1900).
Séguy, S., "Faune de France., Diptères, Anthomyides", 81 (1923).
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HAFEZ, M. Bionomics of Hylemyia cinerella Fallen. Nature 156, 48 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156048a0
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