- Protocalliphora
Taxobox
name = "Protocalliphora"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Muscomorpha
zoosubsectio =Calyptratae
superfamilia =Oestroidea
familia =Calliphoridae
subfamilia =Calliphorinae
genus = "Protocalliphora"
genus_authority = Hough, 1899
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Protocalliphora" or Bird blowflies are a
blow fly genus containing many species which are obligate parasites of birds. [Sabrosky, C. W., Bennett G. F., Whitworth T. L. 1989. Bird blow-flies (Protocalliphora) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in North America with notes on the Palearctic species. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.] The larvae suck the blood of nestlings and are found in the nests of birds. The genus is affected by "Wolbachia " bacteria and it has been suggested thathorizontal gene transfer may have led to the difficulty in separating species of "Protocalliphora" through DNA fingerprinting, with several species possessing identicalmtDNA Cytochrome oxidase I sequences. [T.L. Whitworth, R.D. Dawson, H. Magalon, E. Baudry 2007.DNA barcoding cannot reliably identify species of the blowfly genus "Protocalliphora" (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274(1619):1731-1739 [http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/content/tu21831k825kv655] ]References
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