Melanophora
Melanophora is a genus of woodlouse flies in the family Rhinophoridae. There are five described species in Melanophora.[1]
| Melanophora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhinophoridae |
| Genus: | Melanophora Meigen, 1803 |
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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
- 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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