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Melanodexia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Calliphoridae

Tribe
  
Polleniini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Fly

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Polleniinae

Scientific name
  
Melanodexia

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Fly, Polleniinae, Compsomyiops callipes, Calliphora livida

Melanodexia is a peculiar New World cluster fly genus of the western United States.

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Description

Like the genus Pollenia, Melanodexia has hairy parafacialia, and in females laterocilnate seta of the fronto-orbital plates.

Species

  • M. californica Hall, 1948
  • M. glabricula (Bigot, 1888)
  • M. grandis Shannon, 1926 (Synonyms: M. pacifica Hall, 1948)
  • M. idahoensis (Hall, 1948)
  • M. nox (Hall, 1948)
  • M. satanica Shannon, 1926
  • M. tristina (Hall, 1948)
  • M. tristis Williston, 1893
  • References

    Melanodexia Wikipedia