Calliphora

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Calliphora
File:Calliphora vicina.jpg
Calliphora vicina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Calliphoridae
Subfamily: Calliphorinae
Tribe: Calliphorini
Genus: Calliphora
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1]
Type species
Musca vomitoria
Synonyms[2]
  • Abago Grunin, 1966
  • Acronesia Hall, 1948
  • Acrophaga Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1891

Calliphora is a genus of blow flies, also known as bottle flies, found in most parts of the world, with the highest diversity in Australia.[3] The most widespread species in North America are Calliphora livida, C. vicina, and C. vomitoria.[3]

Calliphora, meaning "bearer of beauty", was first formally named in 1830 by Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy.[3] It is the type genus of the family Calliphoridae.

Description

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Adults of Calliphora have a grey or black thorax, the colour dulled by a heavy microtomentum. The abdomen is metallic blue (rarely purple or green) and sometimes also dulled by microtomentum. The suprasquamal ridge is bare or with inconspicuous fine setae only. The first flagellomere of the antenna is more than twice the length of the pedicel.[4]

Larvae have two posterior spiracles with a thick and unbroken peritreme, and (like other Calliphoridae larvae) containing straight slits. There is an accessory sclerite between the mouth hooks, though this is not visible in whole larvae.[5]

Species

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Species in the genus Calliphora include:[6]

References

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