Genus Protocalliphora Hough 1899

Protocalliphora Hough, 1899a: 66 . Type species: Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245 [= Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)], by original designation.

Avihospita Hendel, 1901: 29 . Type species: Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245 [= Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)], by original designation. Junior synonym.

Apaulina Hall, 1948: 179 . Type species: Protocalliphora avium Shannon & Dobroscky, 1924: 249, by original designation. Junior synonym.

Remarks: Nestling bird parasites. 43 species. Characteristics: Members of this genus, in the larval stage, are blood-sucking parasites of nesting birds. (Sabrosky et al. 1989). This larval blood-sucking is unique among the North American Calliphoridae but is shared by the well-known Congo floor maggot of Africa, which includes man among its hosts, (James 1955).