Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula Author Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee text Zootaxa 2024 2024-06-12 5468 2 308 330 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.4 journal article 298491 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.4 b6e0ba99-f0ef-4ead-891e-ef10808f3919 1175-5326 11615867 47EB7F11-8C60-4699-A6A4-849A3F7E45B7 Genus Protocalliphora Hough 1899 Protocalliphora Hough, 1899a: 66 . Type species: Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245 [= Protocalliphora azurea ( Fallén, 1817 ) ], by original designation. Avihospita Hendel, 1901: 29 . Type species: Musca azurea Fallén 1817: 245 [= Protocalliphora azurea ( Fallén, 1817 ) ], by original designation. Junior synonym. Apaulina Hall, 1948: 179 . Type species: Protocalliphora avium Shannon & Dobroscky, 1924: 249 , by original designation. Junior synonym. Remarks: Nestling bird parasites. 43 species. Characteristics: Members of this genus, in the larval stage, are blood-sucking parasites of nesting birds. ( Sabrosky et al . 1989 ). This larval blood-sucking is unique among the North American Calliphoridae but is shared by the well-known Congo floor maggot of Africa, which includes man among its hosts, ( James 1955 ).