Biology:Amenia imperialis

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Amenia imperialis
Amenia imperialis - Sydney, australia - February 2022 -b.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Genus: Amenia
Species:
A. imperialis
Binomial name
Amenia imperialis
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Synonyms
  • Grapholostylum latifrons, Enderlein, 1936[2]
  • Amenia imperialis imperialis, Crosskey, 1965[1]
  • Amenia dubitalis, Malloch, 1927[2]

Amenia imperialis is a blowfly in the family Calliphoridae.[3][4][5][2][1]

Larvae

Studies suggest that Amenia imperialis is macrolarviparous,[6] giving birth to well developed and large larvae.

Distribution

Amenia imperialis is found in Australia.[6]

It has been reported that "... that two other "forms" of A. imperialis can be distinguished: one occurring in northwestern Australia and arid areas of New South Wales and Queensland, the other in the vicinity of Cooktown, Queensland."[6]

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Amenia imperialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". Atlas of living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:87a22d6b-44ee-4993-8579-916918fc6876#names. ""Published in:Robineau-Desvoidy, J.B. 1830, "Essai sur les myodaires", Mémoires Présentés par Divers Savant a l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1-813"" 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/details/species/id/8737935. 
  3. "Yellow-headed Snail Parasitic Blowfly - Amenia imperialis". https://brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_muscoid/SnailParasiticBlowfly6.htm. 
  4. "Amenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/1504421. 
  5. "Amenia imperialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830". Atlas of living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:87a22d6b-44ee-4993-8579-916918fc6876#overview. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Colless, D.C. (1998). "Morphometrics in the genus Amenia and revisionary notes on the Australian Ameniinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with the description of eight new species". Records of the Australian Museum 50 (1): 85–123. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1275. ISSN 0067-1975. https://media.australian.museum/media/Uploads/Journals/17849/1275_complete.pdf. Retrieved 10 February 2022. ""The Ameniinae comprise seven genera, of which six occur in Australia; the largest, Amenia, is restricted to this country." "...all species are macrolarviparous..." "... that two other "forms" of A. imperialis can be distinguished: one occurring in northwestern Australia and arid areas of New South Wales and Queensland, the other in the vicinity of Cooktown, Queensland."". 

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