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Genus of flies
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 area
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
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
Species in the genus Calliphora include:
[6]
Calliphora algira
Macquart , 1843
Calliphora alpina (
Zetterstedt ), 1845
Calliphora antennatis Hutton, 1881
Calliphora antipodes Hutton, 1902
Calliphora antojuanaee Mariluis, 1982
Calliphora aruspex
Bezzi , 1927
Calliphora assimilis
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora atripalpis
Malloch , 1935
Calliphora augur (
Fabricius ), 1775
Calliphora auriventris
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora australica
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora axata
Séguy , 1946
Calliphora bezzi
Zumpt , 1956
Calliphora bryani Kurahashi, 1972
Calliphora calcedoniae Mariluis, 1979
Calliphora canimicans
Hardy , 1930
Calliphora centralis
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora chinghaiensis Van & Ma, 1978
Calliphora clarki
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora clausa
Macquart 1848
Calliphora clementei Iches, 1906
Calliphora coloradensis Hough, 1899
Calliphora croceipalpis Jaennicke, 1867
Calliphora dasyophthalma
Villeneuve , 1927
Calliphora deflexa
Hardy , 1932
Calliphora dichromata (
Bigot )
Calliphora dispar
Macquart , 1846
Calliphora echinosa Grunin, 1970
Calliphora elliptica
Macquart , 1847
Calliphora erectiseta Fan, 1957
Calliphora espiritusanta Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora eudypti Hutton, 1902
Calliphora fulviceps Lamb, 1909
Calliphora fulvicoxa
Hardy , 1930
Calliphora fuscofemorata
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora flavicauda
Malloch , 1925
Calliphora floccosa Wulp, 1884
Calliphora forresti Norris, 1994
Calliphora franzi
Zumpt , 1956
Calliphora fuscipennis Jaennicke, 1867
Calliphora genarum
Zetterstedt , 1838
Calliphora gilesi Norris, 1994
Calliphora grahami Aldrich, 1930
Calliphora gressitti Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora grisescens
Villeneuve , 1933
Calliphora grunini Schumann & Ozerov, 1992
Calliphora hasanuddini Kurahashi & Selomo, 1997
Calliphora hilli Patton, 1925
Calliphora icela (
Walker )
Calliphora insignis Curran, 1938
Calliphora io
Zumpt , 1956
Calliphora irazuana Townsend, 1908
Calliphora javanica de Meijere, 1914
Calliphora kanoi Kurahashi, 1986
Calliphora kermadeca Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora lata
Coquillett , 1898
Calliphora latifrons Hough, 1899
Calliphora leucosticta
Bezzi , 1927
Calliphora livida Hall, 1948
Calliphora loewi
Enderlein , 1903
Calliphora lopesi Mello, 1962
Calliphora lordhowensis Kurahashi, 1987
Calliphora macleayi
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora maestrica Peris, Gonzalez-Mora & Fernandez, 1998
Calliphora majuscula
Villeneuve , 1915
Calliphora malayana
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora maritima Norris, 1994
Calliphora maryfullerae
Hardy
Calliphora melinda Curran, 1929
Calliphora metallica
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora minor
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora mogii Kurahashi & Selomo, 1998
Calliphora morticia Shannon, 1923
Calliphora mumfordi
Malloch , 1932
Calliphora neohortonaa Miller, 1939
Calliphora neozelandica Murray, 1954
Calliphora nigribarbis Vollenhoven, 1863
Calliphora nociva
Hardy – lesser brown blowfly (western)
Calliphora norfolka Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora nothocalliphoralis Miller, 1939
Calliphora noumea Curran, 1929
Calliphora ochracea
Schiner , 1868
[7]
Calliphora onesiodes Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora papua Guerin-Vollenhoven, 1831
Calliphora papuensis Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora pattoni Aubertin, 1931
Calliphora perida
Hardy , 1937
Calliphora peruviana
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830
[1]
Calliphora phacoptera Wulp, 1882
Calliphora plebeia
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora popoffana Townsend, 1908
Calliphora porphyrina Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora praepes Giglio-Tos, 1893
Calliphora prosternalis
Malloch , 1934
Calliphora psudovomitoria Kurahashi, 1971
Calliphora pubescens
Macquart , 1851
Calliphora quadrimaculata (Swederus, 1787)
Calliphora robusta
Malloch , 1927
Calliphora rohdendorfi (Grunin, 1966)
Calliphora rostrata
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830
[1]
Calliphora rufipes Kurahashi
Calliphora salviaga
Bezzi
Calliphora simulata
Malloch , 1932
Calliphora sternalis
Malloch
Calliphora stygia (
Fabricius , 1781) – common brown blowfly
Calliphora subalpina (Ringdahl, 1931)
Calliphora tasmaniae Kurahashi
Calliphora terranovae
Macquart , 1851
Calliphora toxopeusi Theowald, 1957
Calliphora uralensis
Villeneuve , 1922
Calliphora varifrons
Malloch , 1932
Calliphora vicina
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830
[1] – blue bottle fly
Calliphora viridescens
Robineau-Desvoidy , 1830
[1]
Calliphora viridiventris (
Malloch )
Calliphora vomitoria (
Linnaeus ,
1758 ) – blue bottle fly
Calliphora xanthura
Bigot
Calliphora yezoana Matsumara
References
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^ Schumann, H.; Ozerov, A. L. (1992). "Zum systematischen Status von Abago rohdendorfi Grunin, 1966 (Diptera, Calliphoridae)".
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^ Jones, N.; Whitworth, T.; Marshall, S. A. (September 2019).
"Blow flies of North America: Keys to the subfamilies and genera of Calliphoridae, and to the species of the subfamilies Calliphorinae, Luciliinae and Chrysomyinae" . Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification . 39 .
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