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National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

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Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

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Family Polleniidae

Representative Images

Cluster Fly - Pollenia Calliphoridae: Pollenia? - Pollenia Cluster Fly - Pollenia Silver-Banded Fly 2 - Pollenia - male Pollenia - Pollenia - male diptera - Pollenia Cluster Fly - Pollenia Pollenia rudis - Pollenia - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Polleniidae

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

see (1); used to be treated as a subfamily of Calliphoridae

Explanation of Names

Polleniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm 1889

Numbers

Two genera in our area: (2)
Pollenia, introduced from the Old World, with 7 known species in the Nearctic. Widespread.
Melanodexia, a native genus with 9 species. Western.

Works Cited

1.Reclustering the cluster flies (Diptera: Oestroidea, Polleniidae)
Cerretti P, Stireman JO, Badano D, Gisondi S, Rognes K, Lo Giudice G, Pape T. 2019. Sys. Entomol. 44: 957-972.
2.The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species
Silvia Gisondi, Knut Rognes, Davide Badano, Thomas Pape, and Pierfilippo Cerretti. 2020. ZooKeys 971: 105-155.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 7 September, 2019 - 8:51am
Additional contributions by v belov, Chris Angell
Last updated 5 March, 2022 - 11:28am

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