Melinda (fly)

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Melinda
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A female Melinda sp.
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Melinda
Type species
Musca cognata
Meigen, 1910
Species

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Synonyms
  • Paradichosia Sen.-White, 1923
  • Gymnadichosia Villeneuve, 1927
  • Paurothrix Bezzi, 1927
  • Xerophilophaga Enderlein, 1933[1]

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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 – Melinda cognata – is parasitic in the snails Helicella virgata and Goniodiseus rotundata and Melinda itoi is a parasite of the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana.[1]

Distribultion

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.

Species

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