Melanodexia
Encyclopedia
Melanodexia is a peculiar New World
cluster fly
genus
of the western United States
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of the fronto-obital plates.
New World
The New World is one of the names used for the Western Hemisphere, specifically America and sometimes Oceania . The term originated in the late 15th century, when America had been recently discovered by European explorers, expanding the geographical horizon of the people of the European middle...
cluster fly
Cluster fly
The cluster flies are the genus Pollenia in the blowfly family Calliphoridae. Unlike more familiar blowflies such as the bluebottle genus Phormia, they do not present a health hazard because they do not lay eggs in human food. They are strictly parasitic on earthworms; the females lay their eggs...
genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the western United States
United States
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Description
Like the genus Pollenia, Melanodexia has hairy parafacialia, and in females laterocilnate setaSeta
Seta is a biological term derived from the Latin word for "bristle". It refers to a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.-Animal setae:In zoology, most "setae" occur in invertebrates....
of the fronto-obital plates.
Species
- M. californica Hall, 1948
- M. glabricula (BigotJacques-Marie-Frangile BigotJacques Marie Frangile Bigot was a French naturalist and entomologist most noted for his studies of Diptera. Born in Paris, where he lived all his life, though he had a small house in Quincy-sous-Sénart, Essonne.He became a member of the Entomological Society of France in 1844. His first paper...
, 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