Melanophora

Melanophora is a genus of woodlouse flies in the family Rhinophoridae. There are five described species in Melanophora.[1]

Melanophora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhinophoridae
Genus: Melanophora
Meigen, 1803
Synonyms
  • Illigeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  • Bequaertiana Curran, 1929

Species

These five species belong to the genus Melanophora:

  • Melanophora argyriventris (Curran, 1929)
  • Melanophora asetosa Kugler, 1978
  • Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957)
  • Melanophora chia Cerretti & Pape, 2009
  • Melanophora roralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

  1. Cerretti, P.; Pape, T. 2009: Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia. Pp. 552-565 in: Cerretti, P.; Mason, F.; Minelli, A.; Nardi, G.; Whitmore, D. (eds), Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa, 2318: 1–602.

Further reading

  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume II. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.


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