Melanodexia satanica

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Melanodexia satanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Polleniidae
Genus: Melanodexia
Species:
M. satanica
Binomial name
Melanodexia satanica
Shannon, 1926 [1]

Melanodexia satanica is a species of cluster fly in the family Polleniidae. [2]

Distribution

United States.

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References

  1. Shannon, R. C . (1926). "Synopsis of the American Calliphoridae (Diptera)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 28: 115–139.
  2. Gisondi, Silvia; Rognes, Knut; Badano, Davide; Pape, Thomas (2020). "The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species" (PDF). ZooKeys. 971: 105–155. Retrieved 22 June 2021.