Cochliomyia Townsend 1915 (blow fly)
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Insecta - Diptera - Calliphoridae
Synonym: Protochrysomyia Pierce 1945
Full reference: C. H. T. Townsend. 1915. A new generic name for the screw-worm fly. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 5:644-646
Parent taxon: Chrysomyinae according to M. A. T. Marinho et al. 2012
See also Gagné and Miller 1982 and Townsend 1915
Sister taxa: Chrysomya, Protophormia
Subtaxa: Cochliomyia macellaria
Type: Musca macellaria
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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