Verticia is a genus of flies (Diptera) in the family Calliphoridae. The genus was first described by John Russell Malloch in 1927.
Species Source: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 Verticia chani Kurahashi, Benjaphong & Omar, 1997 Verticia fasciventris Malloch, 1927 Verticia indochinica Kurahashi & Chowanadisai, 2001 Verticia nigra Malloch, 1927 Verticia orientalis Malloch, 1927 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 (the species Verticia sediminum) in 2015. A renaming to Verticiella was proposed in 2016 when the name was discovered to be a later homonym.
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