Calliphoridae

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Calliphoridae
Male Chrysomya megacephala
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Oestroidea
Family: Calliphoridae
Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889[1]
Subfamilies

The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles)[5] are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, are known as gentles.[6] The family is known to be polyphyletic, but much remains disputed regarding proper treatment of the constituent taxa,[7] some of which are occasionally accorded family status (e.g., Bengaliidae and Helicoboscidae).[8]

  1. ^ Brauer, F.; Bergenstamm, J. E. von (1889). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I". Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 56 (1): 69–180. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  2. ^ Rognes, Knut (13 July 2011). "A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera, Calliphoridae)". Zootaxa. 2964 (1): 1. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2964.1.1. hdl:11250/182367.
  3. ^ Rognes, Knut (1986). "The systematic position of the genus Helicobosca Bezzi with a discussion of the monophyly of the calyptrate families Calliphoridae, Rhinophoridae, Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae (Diptera)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 17 (1): 75–92. doi:10.1163/187631286X00125.
  4. ^ Yan, Liping; Pape, Thomas; Meusemann, Karen; Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan; Meier, Rudolf; Bayless, Keith M; Zhang, Dong (2021). "Monophyletic blowflies revealed by phylogenomics". BMC Biology. 19 (230): 230. doi:10.1186/s12915-021-01156-4. PMC 8555136. PMID 34706743.
  5. ^ "Calliphoridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Gentle". Oxford Dictionaries. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  7. ^ Yeates, D. K.; Wiegmann, B. M. (1999). "Congruence and controversy: toward a higher-level phylogeny of Diptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 44: 397–428. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.397. PMID 15012378.
  8. ^ Sivell, Olga (2021). "Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Polleniidae, Rhiniidae)". RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10 (16): 1–208. ISBN 9781910159064.