Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

GenusPolleniaRobineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 412. Type species: Musca rudis Fabricius, 1794, by original designation. Diagnosis. Adults of this genus can be recognized by the combination of the following characters: ia s 0–1 + 2; hind tibia with the posterodorsal preapical setae indistinct, or with the anterodorsal, dorsal, and posterodorsal preapical setae subequal in length; parafacial setulose; body metallic or non-metallic in coloration, abdomen rarely yellowish. Lower calypter usually broad; subcostal sclerite usually bearing a bundle of long black or yellowish setae among the micropubescence. Distribution. Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Oriental and Palaearctic regions.