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]
| Morellia | |
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| Morellia aenescens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Subfamily: | Muscinae |
| Tribe: | Muscini |
| Genus: | Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 |
Selected species
edit- 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)
References
edit- ^ D'Assis Fonseca; E. C. M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
- ^ a b Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.