Melinda (fly)

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.[1]

Melinda
A female Melinda sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Calliphoridae
Subfamily:
Calliphorinae
Genus:
Melinda

Hall, 1948
Type species
Musca cognata
Meigen, 1830
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Paradichosia Sen.-White, 1923
  • Gymnadichosia Villeneuve, 1927
  • Paurothrix Bezzi, 1927
  • Xerophilophaga Enderlein, 1933

Distribution

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.

Species
  • Melinda abdominalis (Malloch, 1931)[1]
  • Melinda auriceps (Malloch, 1931)[1]
  • Melinda bisetosa (Bezzi, 1927)[1]
  • Melinda crinitarsis (Villeneuve, 1927)[1]
  • Melinda dubia (Malloch, 1931)[1]
  • Melinda elegans Kurahashi, 1970[1]
  • Melinda flavibasis (Malloch, 1931)[1]
  • Melinda gentilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2][3]
  • Melinda io Kurahashi, 1965[2]
  • Melinda maai Kurahashi, 1970[1]
  • Melinda malaisei Kurahashi, 1970[1]
  • Melinda nigricans (Villeneuve, 1927)[1]
  • Melinda nuortevae Kurahashi, 1970[1]
  • Melinda ponti Kurahashi, 1970[1]
  • Melinda pusilla (Villeneuve, 1927)[1]
  • Melinda scutellata (Sen.-White, 1923)[1]
  • Melinda vanemdeni Kurahashi, 1970[1]
  • Melinda viridicyanea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)[3]
  • Melinda xiphophora (Bezzi, 1927)[1]
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References
  1. Kurahashi, Hiromu (1970). "Tribe Calliphorini from Australian and Oriental Regions, I. Melinda-Group (Diptera: Calliphoridae)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. The Bishop Museum. 12 (3): 519–542. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  2. Verves, Yu. G. (2002). "An Annotated Check-List of Calliphoridae (Diptera) of the Russian Far East" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (in English and Russian). Vladivostok: Far East Branch of the Russian Entomological Society. 116: 1–14. ISSN 1026-051X. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. Chandler, Peter J. (1998). "Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 2. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 12 (1): 1–234.
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