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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Chrysomyinae » Hairy Maggot Blow Flies (Chrysomya) » Hairy Maggot Blow Fly (Chrysomya rufifacies)

Species Chrysomya rufifacies - Hairy Maggot Blow Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Chrysomya rufifacies Chrysomya megacephala ? - Chrysomya rufifacies Hairy Maggot Blow Fly - Chrysomya rufifacies - male Chrysomya rufifacies - female Chrysomya bubbling - Chrysomya rufifacies - female C. rufifacies pupae - Chrysomya rufifacies C. rufi 3rd instars - Chrysomya rufifacies Female, Lucilia? - Chrysomya rufifacies
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Calliphoridae (Blow Flies)
Subfamily Chrysomyinae
Genus Chrysomya (Hairy Maggot Blow Flies)
Species rufifacies (Hairy Maggot Blow Fly)
Explanation of Names
Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart 1842)
Range
e US to CA (so.CA-NM, LA, FL, IL, MI) but uncommon(1)
Remarks
first detected in the continental US in 1980(2)
This species has a homomorphic sex chromosome system and has thus monogenic females. This means females either produce only male or female offspring, depending on her genotype.
Internet References
Featured Creaters - Byrd 1998-2014(2)
Works Cited
1.Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico
Whitworth T.L. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 689–725.
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 10 February, 2006 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 2 December, 2021 - 11:57am

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