Protocalliphora

Protocalliphora
Protocalliphora azurea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Calliphoridae
Subfamily:	Chrysomyinae
Genus:	Protocalliphora Hough, 1899[1]
Type species
Musca azurea[2] Fallén, 1817

Protocalliphora or bird blowflies are a blow fly genus containing many species which are obligate parasites of birds.^[3] Eggs are laid in bird nests. After hatching, the larvae suck the blood of nestlings. They sometimes feed inside the nostrils of nestling birds and destroy the tissue at the base leading to reduced growth of the upper mandible and the young growing with "shovel-beaks".^[4] The species overwinter as adults.^[5]

The genus is affected by

References

1. ^ Hough, Garry de N. (1899). "Some North American genera of the dipterous group, Calliphorinae Girschner". Entomological News. 10. American Entomological Society: 62–66. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
2. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.508
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3. ISBN 9780874748659
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4. JSTOR 4510924
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5. doi:10.1093/aesa/62.5.1205a
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6. PMID 2493573
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External links

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