Protocalliphora Hough 1899
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.4 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11617263 |
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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).
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Protocalliphora Hough 1899
Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee 2024 |
Apaulina
Hall, D. G. 1948: 179 |
Protocalliphora avium
Shannon, R. C. & Dobroscky, I. D. 1924: 249 |
Protocalliphora
Hough, G. N. 1899: 66 |
Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245
Fallen, C. F. 1817: 245 |
Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245
Fallen, C. F. 1817: 245 |