Protocalliphora Hough 1899

Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee, 2024, Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 308-330 : 319

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scientific name	Protocalliphora Hough 1899
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Genus Protocalliphora Hough 1899 View in CoL

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

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

Apaulina Hall, 1948: 179 View in CoL . Type species: Protocalliphora avium Shannon & Dobroscky, 1924: 249 View in CoL , 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).