Protocalliphora Hough 1899

Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee, 2024, Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 308-330 : 319

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.4

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11617263

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039DA84E-FFC4-A877-39D9-FA7DACC240CE

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scientific name

Protocalliphora Hough 1899
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Genus Protocalliphora Hough 1899 View in CoL

Protocalliphora Hough, 1899a: 66 View in CoL . Type species: Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245 [= Protocalliphora azurea ( Fallén, 1817) View in CoL ], by original designation.

Avihospita Hendel, 1901: 29 View in CoL . Type species: Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245 [= Protocalliphora azurea ( Fallén, 1817) View in CoL ], by original designation. Junior synonym.

Apaulina Hall, 1948: 179 View in CoL . Type species: Protocalliphora avium Shannon & Dobroscky, 1924: 249 View in CoL , by original designation. Junior synonym.

Remarks: Nestling bird parasites. 43 species. Characteristics: Members of this genus, in the larval stage, are blood-sucking parasites of nesting birds. ( Sabrosky et al. 1989). This larval blood-sucking is unique among the North American Calliphoridae but is shared by the well-known Congo floor maggot of Africa, which includes man among its hosts, ( James 1955).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Calliphoridae

Loc

Protocalliphora Hough 1899

Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee 2024
2024
Loc

Apaulina

Hall, D. G. 1948: 179
1948
Loc

Protocalliphora avium

Shannon, R. C. & Dobroscky, I. D. 1924: 249
1924
Loc

Protocalliphora

Hough, G. N. 1899: 66
1899
Loc

Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245

Fallen, C. F. 1817: 245
1817
Loc

Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245

Fallen, C. F. 1817: 245
1817
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