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Metopia

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Metopia is a genus of satellite flies in the family Sarcophagidae. There are at least 50 described species in Metopia.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilySarcophagidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
338
With media
1,106
Family
Sarcophagidae
Collections
USNM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS
Recorded in
United States, Canada

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Metopia is a genus of satellite flies in the family Sarcophagidae. There are at least 50 described species in Metopia.

==Species== These 51 species belong to the genus Metopia: M. albifrons (Linnaeus, 1761) c g M. argentata Macquart, 1851 c g M. argyrocephala (Meigen, 1824) c g i b M. aurigans Pape, 1987 c g M. auripulvera Chao & Zhang, 1988 c g M. benoiti Zumpt, 1961 c g M. biseriata (Macquart, 1851) c g M. brasiliana (Townsend, 1929) c g M. brincki Zumpt, 1959 c g M. campestris (Fallén, 1810) c g M. convexinevris (Macquart, 1851) c g M. crassarista Pape, 1986 c g M. cubitosetigera Pape, 1987 c g M. deficiens Villeneuve, 1936 c g M. fastuosa (Meigen, 1824) c g M. flava Pape, 1987 c g M. frontalis (Latreille, 1802) c g M. grandii Venturi, 1953 c g M. grisea (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) c g M. hispidimana Pape, 1987 c g M. inermis Allen, 1926 c g M. italiana Pape, 1985 c g M. juquiana (Townsend, 1934) c g M. krombeini Sabrosky, 1953 c g M. labiata (Fabricius, 1787) c g M. lateralis (Macquart, 1848) c g M. lateropili Allen, 1926 c g M. lucipeda Reinhard, 1961 c g M. malgache Zumpt, 1964 c g M. monunguis Pape, 1986 c g M. natalensis (Zumpt, 1961) c g M. nudibasis (Malloch, 1930) c g M. opaca Allen, 1926 c g i M. palliceps (Bigot, 1881) c g M. pauciseta Dodge, 1966 c g M. perpendicularis Wulp, 1890 c g M. pilosarista Pape, 1986 c g M. polita (Townsend, 1935) c g M. pollenia Chao & Zhang, 1988 c g M. pulverulenta Pape, 1987 c g M. rubricornis (Macquart, 1851) c g M. sauteri (Townsend, 1933) c g M. sinensis Pape, 1986 c g M. sinipalpis Allen, 1926 c g M. sinuata (Macquart, 1851) c g M. staegerii Rondani, 1859 c g M. suifenhoensis Fan, 1965 c g M. togashii Kurahashi, 2004 c g M. tshernovae Rohdendorf, 1955 c g M. yunnanica Chao & Zhang, 1988 c g M. zenigoi Kurahashi, 1970 c g

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