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Calliphorinae
The Calliphorinae are a subfamily of the blow flies family Calliphoridae. The distinguishing characteristics of this subfamily are: the stem vein is bare, the lower calypter and the proepisternal depression are bristly, but the suprasquamal region is bare or with only a few random bristles. The thorax is dull and bears fine hairs, and the abdomen is usually colored shining blue.
15 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Bluebottle Flies
genusCalliphora
Cynomya
genusCynomya
Emerald-bottle Flies
genusBellardia
Melinda
genusMelinda
Aphyssura
genusAphyssura
Aldrichina
genusAldrichina
Onesia
genusOnesia
Xenocalliphora
genusXenocalliphora
Triceratopyga
genusTriceratopyga
Polleniopsis
genusPolleniopsis
Ptilonesia
genusPtilonesia
Cynomyiomima
genusCynomyiomima
Pericallimyia
genusPericallimyia
Cyanus
genusCyanus
Eucalliphora
genusEucalliphora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130397.