title: The identity of Calliphora bezzii Zumpt, 1956 (Diptera, Calliphoridae).
abstract: The holotype male of a nominal species described from Italy, Calliphora bezzii Zumpt, 1956, including a microscope slide of its terminalia, was examined. The holotype is shown to belong to the Nearctic taxon Calliphora latifrons Hough, 1899. Thus, Calliphora bezzii is a junior synonym of C. latifrons, syn. nov.
authors.affiliation: University of Stavanger, Faculty of Arts and Education, Department of Early Childhood Education, NO-4036 Stavanger, Norway.; Email: knut@rognes.no.
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rognes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D014481:United States