Melinda (fly) explained

Melinda is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae. In general little is known of their biology. A fewspecies have been reared from snails. One – Melinda gentilis – is parasitic in the snails Helicella virgata and Goniodiseus rotundata and Melinda itoi is a parasite of the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana.

Distribution

Most species are Oriental and Australian, but are found throughout the Old World tropical regions, and some parts the Palaearctic Region such as North Africa, Europe, China and Japan. In the Australian region, it is found in Fiji and the Samoan Islands.

Species

• Melinda abdominalis (Malloch, 1931)
• Melinda auriceps (Malloch, 1931)
• Melinda bisetosa (Bezzi, 1927)
• Melinda crinitarsis (Villeneuve, 1927)
• Melinda dubia (Malloch, 1931)
• Melinda elegans Kurahashi, 1970
• Melinda flavibasis (Malloch, 1931)
• Melinda gentilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (= cognata Meigen, 1830)^{[1] [2]}
• Melinda io Kurahashi, 1965^[1]
• Melinda maai Kurahashi, 1970
• Melinda malaisei Kurahashi, 1970
• Melinda nigricans (Villeneuve, 1927)
• Melinda nuortevae Kurahashi, 1970
• Melinda ponti Kurahashi, 1970
• Melinda pusilla (Villeneuve, 1927)
• Melinda scutellata (Sen.-White, 1923)
• Melinda vanemdeni Kurahashi, 1970
• Melinda viridicyanea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)^[2]
• Melinda xiphophora (Bezzi, 1927)

Notes and References

1. Verves. Yu. G.. 2002. An Annotated Check-List of Calliphoridae (Diptera) of the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist. 116. 1–14. Far East Branch of the Russian Entomological Society.. Vladivostok. 1026-051X. English, Russian. 2009-04-15.
2. Book: Chandler , Peter J. . 1998. Checklists of Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 12. 1. 1–234. Royal Entomological Society of London. London.