Morellia

Nihei, Silvio Shigueo & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2009, The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses, Zootaxa 1976, pp. 1-24 : 14

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.185153

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658499

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E60987AB-2403-E161-9686-FE42FA96F306

treatment provided by

Plazi (2016-04-06 18:17:15, last updated 2024-11-26 05:26:47)

scientific name

Morellia
status

s.s.

Subgenus Morellia View in CoL View at ENA s.s.

Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 405 View in CoL (as genus). Type species: Morellia agilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 View in CoL [= Musca hortorum Fallén, 1817 ].

Diagnosis. Colouration metallic bluish-black to violaceous; wing without maculae, but with maculae in several Neotropical species. Female with proclinate fronto-orbital usually developed; parafrons setulose on upper half; interfrontal seta absent. Postsutural intra-alars 1; intrapostalar present. Prosternum setulose or bare. Katepisternals 1+2. Wing with the basal portion of stem-vein setulose ventrally (bare in basalis -group); R4+5 setulose dorsally and ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5 ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 9 – 11. 9 ). Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum. Subcostal sclerite bare. Male mid femur of some species with a dorsal preapical protuberance bearing a dense set of setulae ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 15 – 18 ). Calcar weak or strong.

Comments. The monophyly of Morellia s.s. was not supported by Nihei and de Carvalho (2007a). A comprehensive phylogenetic study of Morellia s.l. is required to clarify the composition of Morellia s.s., as well as its relationship with other subgenera.

Note on basalis -group: This species-group was indicated as monophyletic by Nihei and de Carvalho (2007a) and is composed so far of two Neotropical species, namely, M. basalis (Walker) and M. paulistensis Pamplona & Mendes.

Distribution (50 species). Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic

References. Afrotropical species: Peris (1961), Zielke (1971), Couri et al. (2006); Australasian: Pont (1973); Nearctic: Huckett (1965); Neotropical: Pamplona and Couri (1995), de Carvalho and Couri (2002); Oriental: Emden (1965), Xue and Chao (1998); Palaearctic: Zimin (1951), Hennig (1964a), Peris and Llorente (1963), Zimin and Elberg (1988), Xue and Chao (1998), Gregor et al. (2002), Shinonaga (2003).

Couri, M. S., Pont, A. C. & Penny, N. D. (2006) Muscidae (Diptera) from Madagascar: identification keys, descriptions of new species, and new records. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 57, 799 - 923.

Gregor, F., Rozkosny, R., Bartak, M. & Vanhara, J. (2002) The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis (Biologia), 107, 1 - 280.

de Carvalho, C. J. B. & Couri, M. S. (2002) Part I. Basal groups. In: de Carvalho, C. J. B. (Ed.), Muscidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region: taxonomy. Editora Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, pp. 17 - 132.

Nihei, S. S. & de Carvalho, C. J. B. (2007 a) Phylogeny and classification of Muscini (Diptera, Muscidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 149, 493 - 532.

Emden, F. I. van (1965) Diptera. Vol. 7. Muscidae, Part 1. In: Sewell, R. B. S. & Roonwal, M. L. (Eds), The Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 647 pp.

Hennig, W. (1964 a) 63 b. Muscidae. Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, 7 (Lieferung 248), 961 - 1008.

Huckett, H. C. (1965) The Muscidae of Northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Diptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 42, 1 - 370.

Pamplona, D. M. & Couri, M. S. (1995) Morellia dendropanacis, a new species, and other species with spotted wings: characterization and comparison (Diptera: Muscidae: Muscinae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108, 451 - 457.

Peris, S. V. (1961) Una nueva especie de Morellia de Camarones y synopsis de las especies etiopicas (Dipt. Muscidae). Eos, 37, 349 - 359.

Peris, S. V. & Llorente, V. (1963) Notas sobre Muscini palearticos y revision de las especies espanolas (Diptera, Muscidae). Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural (Seccion Biologica), 61, 209 - 269.

Pont, A. C. (1973) Studies on Australian Muscidae (Diptera). IV. A revision of the subfamilies Muscinae and Stomoxyinae. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series), 21, 129 - 296.

Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les Myodaires. Memoires presentes par divers savants a l'Academie des sciences de l'Institut de France, 2, 1 - 813.

Shinonaga, S. (2003) A monograph of the Muscidae of Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 347 pp.

Xue, W. & Chao, C., eds. (1998) Flies of China. Vol. 1. Liaoning Science and Technology Press, Shenyang, 1365 pp.

Zielke, E. (1971) Revision der Muscinae der athiopischen Region. Series Entomologica, 7, 1 - 199.

Zimin, L. S. (1951) Family Muscidae (Tribes Muscini and Stomoxydini). Fauna USSR (n. s.), 45, 1 - 286.

Zimin, L. S. & Elberg, K. Y. (1988) Family Muscidae. In: Bei-Bienko, G. Y. (Ed.), Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Volume 5: Diptera and Siphonaptera. Part 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries & National Science Foundation, Washington DC, pp. 839 - 974.

Gallery Image

FIGURES 9 – 11. 9. Schematic presentation of Muscidae thorax, dorsal view. 10. Thorax (partial), Neomyia cornicina (Fabricius), lateral view. 11. Wing, Morellia podagrica (Loew). Figures 9 – 11 after Nihei and de Carvalho (2007 a).

Gallery Image

FIGURES 15 – 18. Apex of mid femur and tibia: 15. Pyrellina distinct (Walker), female, posterior view. 16. Biopyrellia bipuncta, male, posterior view. 17. Morellia (Parapyrellia) maculipennis (Macquart), male, anterior view. 18. Morellia podagrica, male, posterior view. Figures 15 – 18 after Nihei and de Carvalho (2007 a). All figures on same scale.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Muscidae

Tribe

Muscini