Global InformationMelaloncha information
| Melaloncha | |
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| Female Melaloncha punctifrons | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Phoridae |
| Subfamily: | Metopininae |
| Genus: | Melaloncha Brues, 1903[1] |
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Melaloncha is a genus of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) commonly referred to as "bee-killing flies". They are found almost exclusively in the Neotropical realm, although there is one record from extreme southern Texas, United States.[4] They are small flies, usually about 2–3 millimetres (0.08–0.12 in) in length. No true fossils are known, although there are some specimens in Colombian copal, of unknown (but likely relatively recent) age.
- ^ Brues, Charles Thomas (1904). "A monograph of the North American Phoridae". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. (1903) 29: 369–404. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ Bezzi, Mario; Stein, Paul (1907). Cyclorrapha Aschiza. Cyclorrapha Schizophora: Schizometopa. Pp. 1-188; 189-825. In Becker, T., Bezzi, M., Kertesz, K., & Stein, P. (eds.), Katalog der palaarktischen Dipteren. Vol. 3. Budapest. pp. 1–828.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Enderlein, G. (1912). "Die Phoridenfauna Süd-Brasiliens". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 73: 16–45.
- ^ "Discover Life map of Melaloncha". Retrieved June 15, 2010.