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Species Calliphora livida

Calliphora livida - female fly - Calliphora livida fly - Calliphora livida - male Calliphora livida - male blue bottle fly - Calliphora livida - female blue bottle fly - Calliphora livida - female Calliphora livida - female Calliphora livida - male
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 Calliphorinae
Genus Calliphora
Species livida (Calliphora livida)
Explanation of Names
Calliphora livida Hall 1948
Range
widespread in NA(1)
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.
Contributed by Ben Coulter on 26 November, 2011 - 12:43am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 March, 2017 - 1:20pm

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