Melanodexia

Melanodexia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Oestroidea
Family:	Polleniidae
Genus:	Melanodexia; Williston, 1893
Type species
	Melanodexia tristis; Williston, 1893
Synonyms
	Melanodexiopsis Hall, 1948; Mellanodexmia Sidhu et al. 2018;

Melanodexia is a peculiar New World cluster fly genus of the western United States, formerly included in the family Calliphoridae.^[4]^[5]

Description[]

Like the related genus Pollenia, Melanodexia has hairy parafacialia, and in females seta of the plates.^[6]

Species[]

Melanodexia californica Hall, 1948^[3]
Melanodexia glabricula (Bigot, 1887)^[7]
Melanodexia grandis Shannon, 1926^[8] (Synonyms: M. pacifica Hall, 1948)
Melanodexia idahoensis (Hall, 1948)^[3]
Melanodexia nox (Hall, 1948)^[3]
Melanodexia satanica Shannon, 1926^[8]
Melanodexia tristina (Hall, 1948)^[3]
Melanodexia tristis Williston, 1893^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Williston, S. W. (1893). "List of Diptera of the Death Valley Expedition". N. Am. Fauna. 7: 235–268.
^ James, Maurice T. (1955). "The Blowflies Of California (Diptera: Calliphoridae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 4 (1): 1–34. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hall, D. G. (1948). The blowflies of North America. Thomas Say Publ. p. 4.
^ Gisondi S, Rognes K, Badano D, Pape T, Cerretti P (2020) The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species. ZooKeys 971: 105-155. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.971.51283
^ Gisondi, Silvia; Rognes, Knut; Badano, Davide; Pape, Thomas (2020). "The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species" (PDF). ZooKeys. 971: 105–155. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
^ Rognes, Knut (1991). Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Hardback). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 24. Lieden: Brill. pp. 1–272 [209]. ISBN 90-04-09304-4.
^ Bigot, JMF (1887). "Note in Séance du 9 novembre 1887: "– M. J.-M.-F. Bigot présente les diagnoses abrégées de quelques diptères nouveaux, provenant de l'Amérique du Nord, dont les descriptions détaillées seront publiées ultérieurement". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. [1887] 21: clxxii–clxxiv.
^ ^a ^b Shannon, R. C . (1926). "Synopsis of the American Calliphoridae (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 28: 115–139.

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[Williston1893-1] Williston, S. W. (1893). "List of Diptera of the Death Valley Expedition". N. Am. Fauna. 7: 235–268.

[James-2] James, Maurice T. (1955). "The Blowflies Of California (Diptera: Calliphoridae)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 4 (1): 1–34. Retrieved 2009-07-13.

[Hall1948-3] Hall, D. G. (1948). The blowflies of North America. Thomas Say Publ. p. 4.

[Gisondietal-4] Gisondi S, Rognes K, Badano D, Pape T, Cerretti P (2020) The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species. ZooKeys 971: 105-155. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.971.51283

[GisondiEtAl2020-5] Gisondi, Silvia; Rognes, Knut; Badano, Davide; Pape, Thomas (2020). "The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species" (PDF). ZooKeys. 971: 105–155. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

[Rognes-6] Rognes, Knut (1991). Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark (Hardback). Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica. Vol. 24. Lieden: Brill. pp. 1–272 [209]. ISBN 90-04-09304-4.

[Bigot1887-7] Bigot, JMF (1887). "Note in Séance du 9 novembre 1887: "– M. J.-M.-F. Bigot présente les diagnoses abrégées de quelques diptères nouveaux, provenant de l'Amérique du Nord, dont les descriptions détaillées seront publiées ultérieurement". Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France. [1887] 21: clxxii–clxxiv.

[Shannon1926-8] Shannon, R. C . (1926). "Synopsis of the American Calliphoridae (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 28: 115–139.

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