Cochliomyia Townsend 1915 (blow fly)

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

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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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