Melinda | |
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A female Melinda sp. | |
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Genus: | Melinda Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
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Melinda gentilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
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Melinda is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae. In general little is known of their biology. A few species have been reared from snails. One – Melinda gentilis – is parasitic in the snails Helicella virgata and Goniodiseus rotundata and Melinda itoi is a parasite of the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana.[2]