Chrysomya

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Chrysomya

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Subsection:	Calyptratae
Superfamily:	Oestroidea
Family:	Calliphoridae
Subfamily:	Chrysomyinae
Genus:	Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Species

Chrysomya rufifacies
Chrysomya putoria
Chrysomya bezziana

Chrysomya, is an Old World blow fly genus which contains a number of species known as a "screw-worm fly" (e.g., Chrysomya putoria and Chrysomya bezziana). There is much historical confusion surrounding the spelling of the genus name, and it often appears incorrectly spelled as Chrysomia or Chrysomyia (Chrysomyia is a junior synonym of the genus Microchrysa in the family Stratiomyidae, a completely unrelated fly family).lso

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Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914
Chrysomya fulvicruris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Chrysomya inclinata Walker, 1861 (Synonyms: C. grienieri Rickenbach, 1959, C. roubaudi Seguy, 1926, C. tellinii Bezzi, 1908)
Chrysomya marginalis (Wiedemann,1830)
Chrysomya obscura Bigot, 1891
Chrysomya putoria (Wiedemann, 1830)
Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)
Chrysomya villeneuvi Patton 1922