{{Short description|Genus of flies}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Melanesomyia | authority = Barraclough, 1998<ref name="Barraclough1998">{{cite journal |last1=Barraclough |first1=D.A. |title=Type-species designation for ′''Melanesomyia'' Barraclough′ (Diptera: Tachinidae) |journal=Australian Journal of Entomology |date=1998 |volume=37 |pages=22|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1998.tb01537.x }}</ref> | type_species = ''Dexia nivifera'' <!-- Dexia nivifera Walker (By original designation)--> | type_species_authority = Walker, 1861<ref name="Walker1866">{{cite journal |last1=Walker |first1=F. |title=Synopsis of the Diptera of the Eastern Archipelago discovered by Mr. Wallace, and noticed in the 'Journal of the Linnean Society |journal=Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology |date=1866 |volume=9 |issue=33 |pages=1–30 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1866.tb00178.x |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31753186#page/11/mode/1up |access-date=30 March 2022}}</ref> | synonyms = *''Melanesomyia'' <small>Barraclough, 1997</small><ref name="Barraclough">{{cite journal |last1=Barraclough |first1=D.A. |title=''Melanesomyia'', a tribally unplaced new genus of Dexiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Indonesia (Maluku) and Papua New Guinea, with description of two new specie |journal=Australian Journal of Entomology |date=1997 |volume=36 |issue=4 |pages=345–350|doi=10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01484.x }}</ref> }}
'''''Melanesomyia''''' is a genus of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.<ref name="OHara2020">{{cite web |last1=O’Hara |first1=James E. |last2=Henderson |first2=Shannon J. |first3=D. Monty |last3=Wood |title=Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World|url=http://www.nadsdiptera.org/Tach/WorldTachs/Checklist/Tachchlist_ver2.1.pdf |website=Tachinidae Resources |access-date=2 March 2024 |date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
==Species== *''Melanesomyia kraussi'' <small>Barraclough, 1997</small><ref name="Barraclough"/> *''Melanesomyia nivifera'' <small>Walker, 1861</small><ref name="Walker1866"/> *''Melanesomyia wauensis'' <small>Barraclough, 1997</small><ref name="Barraclough"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Dexiinae Category:Brachycera genera Category:Flies of Australasia
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