Melanophora

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Schizophora
Subsectio: Calyptratae
Superfamilia: Oestroidea

Familia: Rhinophoridae
Genus: Melanophora
Species: M. argyriventris – M. asetosa – M. basilewskyi – M. chia – M. roralis
Name

Melanophora Meigen, 1803
Synonyms

Bequaertiana Curran, 1929 [Cerretti & Pape, 2009: 554 (Syn. nov.)]
Illigeria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

References
Primary references

Meigen, J. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259–281. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Cerretti, P. & Pape, T. 2009. Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia. Pp. 552–565. Abstract & excerpt (PDF). PDF. In: Cerretti, P., Mason, F., Minelli, A., Nardi, G. & Whitmore, D. (eds). 2009. Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa 2318: 1–602. Abstract & excerpt

Melanophora is a genus of woodlouse flies in the family Rhinophoridae. There are five described species in Melanophora.[1]
Species

These five species belong to the genus Melanophora:

Melanophora argyriventris (Curran, 1929)
Melanophora asetosa Kugler, 1978
Melanophora basilewskyi (Peris, 1957)
Melanophora chia Cerretti & Pape, 2009
Melanophora roralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

References

Cerretti, P.; Pape, T. 2009: Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new species from Sardinia. Pp. 552-565 in: Cerretti, P.; Mason, F.; Minelli, A.; Nardi, G.; Whitmore, D. (eds), Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa, 2318: 1–602.