Species Calliphora vomitoria - Blue Bottle Fly

Classification · Identification · Works Cited

Pollen covered fly - Calliphora vomitoria

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Calliphoridae (Blow Flies)

Genus Calliphora

Species vomitoria (Blue Bottle Fly)

Identification

Calliphora vicina and Calliphora vomitoria may be distinguished from each other by the presence of yellow-orange jowls with black hair in C. vicina and black jowls with predominantly reddish hair in C. vomitoria. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Veterinary Entomology: Arthropod Ecoparasites of Veterinary Importance By Richard Wall and David Shearer

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 24 May, 2006 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki
Last updated 26 May, 2008 - 6:45am

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