''Verticia'' is a genus of
flies (Diptera) in the family
Calliphoridae. The genus was first described by J.R. Malloch in 1927.
Species[Rognes, K. (2011). A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa, 2964(1), 1–60. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2964.1.1]
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Verticia chani''
Kurahashi, Benjaphong & Omar, 1997
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Verticia fasciventris''
Malloch, 1927
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Verticia indochinica''
Kurahashi & Chowanadisai, 2001
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Verticia nigra''
Malloch, 1927
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Verticia orientalis''
Malloch, 1927
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Verticia quatei''
Kurahashi & Chowanadisai, 2001
Biology
The larva of the species ''Verticia fasciventris'' are parasites and develop in the heads of termites.
The genus name was also used for
Bacteria
Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
(the species ''Verticia sediminum'') in 2015. A renaming to ''Verticiella'' was proposed in 2016 when the name was discovered to be a
later homonym.
References
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Calliphoridae
Oestroidea genera