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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » House Flies and kin (Muscidae) » Muscinae » Muscini » Morellia

Genus Morellia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Muscidae - Morellia podagrica - male Metallic Blue Fly - Morellia podagrica - male Muscid - Morellia podagrica - female fly - Morellia - male fly - Morellia - male fly - Morellia - male dark blue fly with white shoulder bars - Morellia dark blue fly with white shoulder bars - Morellia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Muscoidea
Family Muscidae (House Flies and kin)
Subfamily Muscinae
Tribe Muscini
Genus Morellia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
recently broadened to include a number of Neotropical taxa(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
ITIS lists three species
Print References
Alridch J.M. (1926) Occurrence of Morellia podagrica in North America. Ent. News 37: 119-120 (BHL link)
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny and classification of Muscini (Diptera, Muscidae)
Nihei S.S., de Carvalho C.J.B. 2007. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 149: 493‒532.
2.Manual of Central American Diptera
Brian V. Brown et al. 2009. NRC Research Press.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 July, 2011 - 3:17pm
Additional contributions by Matthias Buck, v belov
Last updated 17 August, 2021 - 12:09pm

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