Calliphorinae
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| Calliphorinae | |
|---|---|
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| Calliphora hilli | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Subsection: | Calyptratae |
| Superfamily: | Oestroidea |
| Family: | Calliphoridae |
| Subfamily: | Calliphorinae |
| Type genus | |
| Calliphora | |
| Genus | |
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Many, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bengaliinae | |
Portrait of Calliphora vomitoria
The Calliphorinae are a subfamily of the blow flies family Calliphoridae. The distinguishing characteristics of this subfamily are: the stem vein is bare, the lower calypter and the proepisternal depression are bristly, but the suprasquamal region is bare or with only a few random bristles. The thorax is dull and bears fine hairs, and the abdomen is usually colored shining blue.[1]
The Bengaliinae (which have more yellowish and dull abdomens) are usually included herein, as are the Luciliinae and Polleniinae in older treatments . The latter two are more often considered separate subfamilies in recent works.
Selected genera
- Acronesia
- Acrophaga
- Aldrichina
- Bellardia
- Bengalia
- Calliphora
- Cynomya
- Cyanus
- Eucalliphora
- Melinda
- Onesia
- Verticia
Footnotes
- ↑ Withworth (2006)
References
- Whitworth, Terry (2006): Keys to the Genera and Species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America North of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108(3): 689–725. HTML abstract
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