Melanophora roralis ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Cerretti, Pierfilippo & Pape, Thomas, 2009, Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 552-565 : 558

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Melanophora roralis ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Musca roralis Linnaeus, 1758: 597 . Type locality: “Europa”.

Material examined. Numerous males and females in MZUR and ZMUC.

References. Herting 1961: 32; Crosskey 1977: 51; Kugler 1978: 70, 79; Crosskey 1980: 819; Herting 1993: 116.

Description. See Crosskey (1977).

Distribution. Europe (including Sicily and Sardinia), North Africa, Israel, Cape Verde Islands (introduced to eastern North America and South America).

References

Crosskey, R. W. (1977) A review of the Rhinophoridae (Diptera) and a revision of the Afrotropical species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series, 36 (1), 1 - 66.

Crosskey, R. W. (1980) 93. Family Rhinophoridae. In: Crosskey, R. W. (Ed.), Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 819 - 821.

Herting, B. (1961) 64 e. Rhinophorinae. In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der palaearktischen Region, 216. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, pp 1 - 36.

Herting, B. (1993) Family Rhinophoridae. In: Soos, A. & Papp, L. (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera, Vol. 13, Anthomyiidae - Tachinidae. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 102 - 117.

Kugler, J. (1978) The Rhinophoridae (Diptera) of Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology, 12, 65 - 106.

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 10 th ed., Vol. 1. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [= Stockholm], 824 pp.