Polleniidae

Polleniidae

Polleniidae

Family of flies

Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 6 genera and more than 190 described species placed definitively in Polleniidae, and other genera whose placement here is considered uncertain.[2] The largest genus is Pollenia, with close to 190 species of flies commonly called "cluster flies".[3][4]

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Pollenia rudis female

The family Polleniidae has been considered a subfamily of Calliphoridae in the past, containing various genera and species. As a result of phylogenetic analysis, the subfamily Polleniinae was elevated to family rank by Cerretti, et al., in 2019,[5] and assigned the genera listed below.

Genera

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References

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