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Keys to the Genera and Species of Blow Flies (Diptera:Calliphoridae) of America North of Mexico - Terry Whitworth

This is a link to a pdf file of Dr. Terry Whitworth's paper on Calliphoridae that appeared in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington in June of 2006. The key has many beautifully detailed illustrations and there is also a simple key that will allow one to discriminate calliphorids from other similar Diptera. I emailed him in January 2008 and he generously agreed to share this paper from his web site link (www.birdblowfly.com).

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 31 January, 2008 - 10:05am

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Herschel Raney's Diptera Keys

Includes links to keys for several families of flies. (This link is also listed under the Internet references in the order diptera, but it seemed worth repeating here.)

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 March, 2006 - 9:29am

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Cirrus Digital Imaging--Flies

Site with photos and some identifications.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 16 March, 2004 - 7:01pm

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USDA Diptera Site

See especially the :
links by family and:
Genera of Flower (syrphid) Flies. This is quite extensive, and allows one to identify some distinctive syrphid genera easily.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 16 March, 2004 - 1:47pm

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U. of Florida and Dep. of Agriculture Website

Has a lot of information on a lot of bugs.

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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 25 May, 2008 - 4:08pm

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MCZ Type Database @ Harvard Entomology

A Mantis powered search engine of Harvard Entomology's insect images. It currently has over 16,000 images.

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Contributed by Anthony Magee on 23 September, 2007 - 1:20am

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Jardine's Dictionary of Entomology

Digital version of A Dictionary of Entomology by N. K. Jardine (1914). Available as individual html documents (by letter), a text-based PDF, and a facsimile (scanned) PDF. It is extensive--I found some terms in there I had puzzled over for some time.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 21 February, 2007 - 9:16am

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California Insect Survey Publications

A series of monographs about insect groups as they exist in California (in PDF format). Many useful keys and descriptions, though most are over the head of the non-entomologically-trained. Even so, amateurs will find useful information even if they can't make full use of the articles.

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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 8 July, 2006 - 6:26pm

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