Melanophora roralis is a species of woodlouse fly in the family Calliphoridae.[13][14]
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| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Diptera |
| Family: |
Calliphoridae |
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Rhinophorinae |
| Tribe: |
Phytonini |
| Genus: |
Melanophora |
| Species: |
M. roralis |
| Binomial name |
Melanophora roralis
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- Illigeria atra Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2]
- Illigeria brasiliensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863[3]
- Illigeria minor Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2]
- Melanophora americana Macquart, 1844[4]
- Melanophora appendiculata Macquart, 1855[5]
- Melanophora atra Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2]
- Melanophora distincta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2]
- Melanophora festiva Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2]
- Melanophora nigerrima Macquart, 1834[6]
- Melanophora nitidiventris Curran, 1928[7]
- Melanophora stygia Harris, 1835[8]
- Melanophora violacea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[2]
- Musca atra Devillers, 1789[9]
- Musca grossificationis Linnaeus, 1758[1]
- Musca interventum Harris, 1780[10]
- Musca roralis Linnaeus, 1758[1]
- Tachina interlapsa Walker, 1853[11]
- Tachina plumigera Wiedemann, 1830[12]
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M. roralis is 3–5.5 millimetres (0.12–0.22 in) long, black in colour with hairy antennae and a shiny thorax.
It was introduced to North America from Europe[15] and can be found from Southern Ontario[16] to Chile and Argentina.[17]
Species fly from mid-May to October and inhabit old forests and damp areas near the shore.[16] The females of this species have a distinctive white spots at the tips of their wings[18] and lay from 189 to 238 eggs in 6.5 to 7.5 hours.[19] It takes up to 21 days for the species' to pupate. It is a parasite of Porcellio scaber.[20]
Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques). 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 7 January 2022. Macquart, P.J.M. (1844). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième.—3e partie. "1843". Paris: Roret. p. 304.
Macquart, J (1834). "Insectes Diptères du Nord de la France. Tome V. Athericères: Créophiles, Œstrides, Myopaires, Conopsaires, Scénopiniens, Céphalopsides. Daniel L, Lille, 232 pp". Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts, de Lille. 1833: 137–368.
Curran, C.H. (1928). "Records and descriptions of Diptera, mostly from Jamaica. Pp. 29–45. In: Gowdey, C.C., Catalogus insectorum jamaicensis". Entomological Bulletin. 4 (3): 1–45.
Harris, T.W. (1835). Insects. Pp. 553-602. In Hitchcock, E., Report on the geology, mineralogy, botany, and zoology of Massachusetts. 2nd Edition. Amherst: J. S. & C. Adams. pp. [4] + 702 pp., 19 pls, 3 maps.
Villers, C.J. de (1789). Caroli Linnaei entomologia Vol. 3. Lugduni [=Lyon].: Piestre & Delamolliere. pp. 657 pp., 4 pls.
Walker, F. (1853). Insecta Britannica, Diptera. Volume 2. London: Reeve & Benham. pp. vi + 298 pp., pls. 11–20.
Warburg, Michael R. (1993). Evolutionary Biology of Land Isopods. Haifa: Springer. pp. 172pp. ISBN 978-3662218914.
