Musca domestica calleva Walker, 1849

Couri, Márcia Souto, de Carvalho, Claudio J. B. & Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Taxonomy of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Namibia: a key to genera, diagnoses, new records and description of a new species, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 47-47 : 58

Musca domestica calleva Walker, 1849

Diagnosis: Musca domestica L., 1758, sensu lato, differs from all other species recorded IURP 1DPLELD LQ KDYLQJ ¿QH VHWXODH RQ WKH SURHSLVWHUQDO GHSUHVVLRQ. 7KH VXEVSHFLHV M. d. calleva differs from M. d. domestica and M. d. curviforceps Saccà & Rivosecchi, ƚ9ƽϬ, E\ KDYLQJ WKH SUHVXWXUDO DQG ¿UVW IHZ SRVWVXWXUDO GRUVRFHQWUDO VHWDH UHGXFHG DQG barely half the length of the posterior two pairs of postsutural dorsocentral setae.

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Distribution: Widespread and common in the Afrotropics (incl.Aldabra, Astove, Madagascar, Seychelles and Socotra Is.), North Africa and Middle East, Azores, Canary Is.