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Morellia Nihei & Carvalho, 2009, s.s.

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Subgenus Morellia s.s.

Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 405 (as genus). Type species: Morellia agilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 [= 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). 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). 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).

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Published as part of Nihei, Silvio Shigueo & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2009, The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1976 on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185153

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Biodiversity

Family
Muscidae
Genus
Morellia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus
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Morellia Nihei & Carvalho, 2009

References

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  • Peris, S. V. (1961) Una nueva especie de Morellia de Camarones y synopsis de las especies etiopicas (Dipt. Muscidae). Eos, 37, 349 - 359.
  • Zielke, E. (1971) Revision der Muscinae der athiopischen Region. Series Entomologica, 7, 1 - 199.
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