''Melanodexia'' is a peculiar
New World
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cluster fly genus
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of the western
United States
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, formerly included in the family
Calliphoridae
The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blowflies, blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, ...
.
Description
Like the related genus ''
Pollenia'', ''Melanodexia'' has hairy
parafacialia, and in females
lateroclinate seta
In biology, setae (; seta ; ) are any of a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms.
Animal setae
Protostomes
Depending partly on their form and function, protostome setae may be called macrotrichia, chaetae, ...
e of the
fronto-orbital plates.
Species
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Melanodexia californica''
Hall, 1948
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Melanodexia glabricula''
(Bigot
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, 1887)
*''
Melanodexia grandis''
Shannon, 1926 (Synonyms: ''M. pacifica''
Hall, 1948)
*''
Melanodexia idahoensis''
(Hall, 1948)
*''
Melanodexia nox''
(Hall, 1948)
*''
Melanodexia satanica''
Shannon, 1926
*''
Melanodexia tristina''
(Hall, 1948)
*''
Melanodexia tristis''
Williston, 1893
References
Diptera of North America
Brachycera genera
Polleniidae
Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston
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