Verticia

Verticia is a genus of flies (Diptera) in the family Calliphoridae. The genus was first described by J.R. Malloch in 1927.

==Species ==
 * 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 (the species Verticia sediminum) in 2015. A renaming to Verticiella was proposed in 2016 when the name was discovered to be a later homonym.