| Melanodexia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Calliphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Polleniinae |
| Tribe: | Polleniini |
| Genus: |
Melanodexia Williston 1893 |
| Type species | |
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M. tristis Williston, 1893 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Melanodexiopsis Hall, 1948 |
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Melanodexiopsis Hall, 1948
Melanodexia is a peculiar New World cluster fly genus of the western United States.
Like the genus Pollenia, Melanodexia has hairy parafacialia, and in females laterocilnate seta of the fronto-orbital plates.