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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Bellardia » Bellardia bayeri

Species Bellardia bayeri

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Fly IMG_0710 - Bellardia bayeri blue bottle fly - Bellardia bayeri - male blue bottle fly - Bellardia bayeri - male blue bottle fly - Bellardia bayeri - male blue bottle fly - Bellardia bayeri - male emerald bottle - Bellardia bayeri - female emerald bottle - Bellardia bayeri - female
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 Bellardia
Species bayeri (Bellardia bayeri)
Explanation of Names
Bellardia bayeri (Jacentkovsky 1937)
Identification
Apical section of M (after bend) straight. Abdomen blueish to greenish. Calypters dark(1)
Mid tibiae usually with 1 distinct medial anterodorsal seta, but sometimes with 1-2 shorter setae around.
Pruinescence on abdomen supposed to be thinner than in B. vulgaris.
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (recorded from New Hampshire and Massachusetts)(1)(2)
Life Cycle
Viviparous
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.de Jong Y.S.D.M. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 13 August, 2013 - 12:19am
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 17 May, 2023 - 11:40am

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