Polleniidae
Family of flies
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Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 6 genera and more than 190 described species placed definitively in Polleniidae, and other genera whose placement here is considered uncertain.[2] The largest genus is Pollenia, with close to 190 species of flies commonly called "cluster flies".[3][4]
| Polleniidae | |
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| Pollenia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Superfamily: | Oestroidea |
| Family: | Polleniidae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 [1] |
The family Polleniidae has been considered a subfamily of Calliphoridae in the past, containing various genera and species. As a result of phylogenetic analysis, the subfamily Polleniinae was elevated to family rank by Cerretti, et al., in 2019,[5] and assigned the genera listed below.
Genera
- Alvamaja Rognes, 2010[6]
- Dexopollenia Townsend, 1917[7]
- Melanodexia Williston, 1893[8]
- Morinia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[9]
- Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[9] (cluster flies)
- Xanthotryxus Aldrich, 1930[10]
Incertae sedis
- Anthracomyza Malloch, 1928[11]
- Nesodexia Villeneuve, 1911[12]
