Morellia Explained

Morellia is a very large genus from the fly family Muscidae.^{[1] [2]} Morellia are plumpish black flies, largely lacking eye hairs - sparse at most. they have a white dusting on the parafacialia and the scutum has 4 distinct longitudinal stripes.^[2]

Selected species

• M. aenescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
• M. asetosa Baranoff, 1925
• M. basalis (Walker, 1853)
• M. hortorum (Fallén, 1817)
• M. micans (Macquart, 1855)
• M. podagrica (Loew, 1857)
• M. simplex (Loew, 1857)

Notes and References

1. Book: D'Assis Fonseca . E. C. M. . 1968 . Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae . 118pp. Royal Entomological Society of London. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. London..
2. Book: Gregor, F. . Rozkosny, R. . Bartak, M. . Vanhara, J. . 2002 . The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. 280pp. Masaryk University. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. 107. Masaryk.