Explanation of Names
Cynomya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
2 spp. in our area:
C. cadaverina (widespread) &
C. mortuorum* (Linnaeus 1761) (Alaska, Eurasia)
(1)
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*=
Cynomya hirta Hough [erroneously treated as valid in
(2)]
Identification
One of several genera of Calliphoridae with a metallic abdomen and a non-metallic thorax. Stem vein bare, calypters white, presutural intra-alar bristle absent.