Calliphora

Calliphora
Calliphora vicina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 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.

  1. ^ Robineau-Desvoidy, André Jean Baptiste (1830). "Essai sur les myodaires". Mémoires presentés à L'Institut des Sciences, Lettres et Arts, par divers savants et lus dans ses assemblées: Sciences, Mathématiques et Physique. 2 (2): 1–813. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ Schumann, H.; Ozerov, A. L. (1992). "Zum systematischen Status von Abago rohdendorfi Grunin, 1966 (Diptera, Calliphoridae)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39 (4–5): 403–408. doi:10.1002/mmnd.19920390416.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference bg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).