''Morellia'' is a very large
genus
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from the
fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
family
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Muscidae.
''Morellia'' are plumpish black flies, largely lacking eye hairs - sparse at most. they have a white dusting on the
parafacialia and the
scutum
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The Romans adopted it when they switched from the military formati ...
has 4 distinct
longitudinal
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* Longitude
** Line of longitude, also called a meridian
* Longitudinal engine, an internal combustion engine in which the crankshaft is oriented along the long axis of the vehicle, ...
stripes.
Selected species
*''
M. aenescens''
Robineau-Desvoidy
André Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy (1 January 1799 in Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye – 25 June 1857 in Paris) was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera (flies) and to some extent of the Coleoptera (beetles).
Ach ...
, 1830
*''
M. asetosa''
Baranoff, 1925
*''
M. basalis''
( Walker, 1853)
*''
M. hortorum''
( Fallén, 1817)
*''
M. micans''
( Macquart, 1855)
*''
M. podagrica''
( Loew, 1857)
*''
M. simplex''
( Loew, 1857)
References
Muscidae
Diptera of North America
Diptera of Europe
Brachycera genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
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