Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Calliphoridae Scientific name Melinda | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Subfamily Calliphorinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Fly, Lucilia silvarum, Cynomya mortuorum, Stomorhina lunata, Stomorhina | ||
Melinda is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae. In general little is known of their biology. A few species have been reared from snails. One – Melinda cognata – is parasitic in the snails Helicella virgata and Goniodiseus rotundata and Melinda itoi is a parasite of the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana.
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Most species are Oriental and Australian, but are found throughout the Old World tropical regions, and some parts the Palaearctic Region such as North Africa, Europe, China and Japan. In the Australian region, it is found in Fiji and the Samoan Islands.
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