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CALLIPHORIDAE (blow-flies, blue-bottles, green bottles)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs #webs
Genus Bellardia         2
Genus Calliphora (blue bottles) 1 17 10 1 4
Species Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus) (a blue bottle or green bottle)   7     1
Species Eggisops pecchiolii Rondani (a blue bottle or green bottle)       1 1
Species Eurychaeta palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) (a blue bottle or green bottle)         1
Genus Lucilia (a genus of green bottles and toadflies) 5        
Species Lucilia ampullacea Villeneuve (a green bottle)         1
Species Lucilia bufonivora Moniez (a toadfly)         4
Species Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758) (a green bottle)   1 17    
Species Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) (Sheep Maggot Fly)         7
Species Lucilia silvarum (Meigen) (a toadfly)         4
Genus Melinda         2
Species Phormia regina (Meigen) (a blue bottle or green bottle)         2
Species Phormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidyi (a blue bottle or green bottle)         2
Genus Pollenia (cluster flies) 3 13 23   4
Species Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817) (a blue bottle or green bottle)         1
Species Stomorhina lunata (Fabricius) (a blue bottle or green bottle)         1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

In Prep
Erzinçlioglu, Z., 1996 Blowflies
Rognes, K., 1991 The Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

General Works

Uffen, R.W.J., 1961 Miscellaneous notes on Diptera. Part 1: Tachinidae and parasitic Calliphoridae

CALLIPHORIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CALYPTRATA
(calypterate flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

CALLIPHORIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Calliphoridae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
CYCLORRHAPHA
(a suborder of flies)

Associated with CALLIPHORIDAE:

Photos adult (live) live adult may be infected by Entomophthora muscae - an entomophagous fungus (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae) Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982

Calliphoridae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

References

Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982 Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato

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