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Melinda (fly)

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Melinda
A female Melinda sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Subfamily: Melanomyinae
Genus: Melinda
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Type species
Melinda gentilis
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]

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 gentilis – is parasitic in the snails Helicella virgata and Goniodiseus rotundata, and Melinda itoi is a parasite of the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana.[2]

Distribution

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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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These species belong to the genus Melinda:[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à l'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Kurahashi, Hiromu (1970). "Tribe Calliphorini from Australian and Oriental Regions, I. Melinda-Group (Diptera: Calliphoridae)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 12 (3). The Bishop Museum: 519–542. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. ^ "GBIF, Melinda". Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life, Melinda Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  5. ^ a b Verves, Yu. G. (2002). "An Annotated Check-List of Calliphoridae (Diptera) of the Russian Far East" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist (in English and Russian). 116. Vladivostok: Far East Branch of the Russian Entomological Society.: 1–14. ISSN 1026-051X. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  6. ^ Chandler, Peter J. (1998). Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 12. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 1–234.