Melinda (fly)

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Melinda
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A female Melinda sp.
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Melinda

Type species

Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]

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 – – is parasitic in the snails Helicella virgata and Goniodiseus rotundata and is a parasite of the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana.[2]

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.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b 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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