Verticia
Verticia is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae. The genus was first described by John Russell Malloch in 1927.
Species
Source:- 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 in 2015. A renaming to Verticiella was proposed in 2016 when the name was discovered to be a later homonym.