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Protocalliphora asiovora Shannon & Dobroscky 1924

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Protocalliphora asiovora Shannon & Dobroscky 1924

Protocalliphora aviun var. asiovora Shannon & Dobroscky 1924: 250. Type Location: USA (Washington State).

Apaulina basingeri Hall 1948: 190. Junior synonym.

Distribution: Western United States, Baja California.

Remarks: Reported infesting nests of many species, especially large birds and raptors.

Material examined: BAJA CALIFORNIA: Sierra San Pedro Martir, La Grulla, 6900 ft. June 15, 1953 P.H. Arnaud, Jr. (CAS); BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: None known.

Notes

Published as part of Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee, 2024, Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula, pp. 308-330 in Zootaxa 5468 (2) on page 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11615867

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Biodiversity

Collection code
CAS
Event date
1953-06-15
Verbatim event date
1953-06-15
Scientific name authorship
Shannon & Dobroscky
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Protocalliphora
Species
asiovora
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Protocalliphora asiovora Shannon, 1924 sec. Stotelmyre, 2024

References

  • Shannon, R. C. & Dobroscky, I. D. (1924) The North American bird parasites of the genus Protocalliphora (Calliphoridae, Diptera). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 14, 247 - 253.
  • Hall, D. G. (1948) The Blowflies of North America. Thomas Say Foundation, Baltimore, 477 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.4182 / SFRR 4922