Melanophora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oestroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Calyptratae Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Rhinophoridae
Genus: Melanophora
Species: M. argyriventris – M. asetosa – M. basilewskyi – M. chia – M. roralis

Name

Melanophora Meigen, 1803

Synonyms

• Bequaertiana Curran, 1929 [Cerretti & Pape, 2009: 554 (Syn. nov.)]
• Illigeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

References

Primary references

• Meigen, J. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259–281. BHL Reference page. 

Additional 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. Abstract & excerpt (PDF). PDF. In: Cerretti, P., Mason, F., Minelli, A., Nardi, G. & Whitmore, D. (eds). 2009. Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa 2318: 1–602. Abstract & excerpt