- Animals
- ›Arthropods
- ›Hexapods
- ›Insects
- ›Winged and Once-winged Insects
- ›Flies
- ›Brachyceran Flies
- ›Cyclorrhaphan Flies
- ›Schizophoran Flies
- ›Calyptrate Flies
- ›Bot Flies, Blow Flies, and Allies
- ›Blow Flies
- ›Chrysomyinae
Chrysomya
Chrysomya is an Old World blow fly genus of the family Calliphoridae. The genus Chrysomya contains a number of species including Chrysomya rufifacies and Chrysomya megacephala. The term “Old World blow fly” is a derivative of both the associated family, Calliphoridae (blow flies), and the belief that the genus Chrysomya originated in Asia and migrated to North America only relatively recently. Chrysomya’s primary importance to the field of medico-criminal forensic entomology is due to the genus’ reliable life cycle, allowing investigators to accurately develop a postmortem interval. Chrysomya adults are typically metallic colored with thick setae on the meron and plumose arista. The name comes from the word chrysos, meaning “golden” in reference to the metallic sheen of the genus’ species, and -mya, a derivation from the word myia, meaning “fly”.
29 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Oriental Latrine Fly
speciesChrysomya megacephala
Chrysomya villeneuvi-group
complexChrysomya villeneuvi-group
Regal Blowfly
speciesChrysomya marginalis
Copper-tailed Blowfly
speciesChrysomya chloropyga
small hairy maggot blowfly
speciesChrysomya varipes
Chrysomya pinguis
speciesChrysomya pinguis
Chrysomya incisuralis
speciesChrysomya incisuralis
Chrysomya putoria
speciesChrysomya putoria
Chrysomya phaonis
speciesChrysomya phaonis
Chrysomya pachymera
speciesChrysomya pachymera
Chrysomya saffranea
speciesChrysomya saffranea
Old World Screw-worm Fly
speciesChrysomya bezziana
Chrysomya laxifrons
speciesChrysomya laxifrons
Chrysomya semimetallica
speciesChrysomya semimetallica
Chrysomya nigripes
speciesChrysomya nigripes
Chrysomya inclinata
speciesChrysomya inclinata
Chrysomya flavifrons
speciesChrysomya flavifrons
Chrysomya latifrons
speciesChrysomya latifrons
Chrysomya thanomthini
speciesChrysomya thanomthini
Chrysomya defixa
speciesChrysomya defixa
Chrysomya cabrearai
speciesChrysomya cabrearai
Chrysomya chani
speciesChrysomya chani
Chrysomya oumeensis
speciesChrysomya oumeensis
Chrysomya pacifica
speciesChrysomya pacifica
Chrysomya greenbergi
speciesChrysomya greenbergi
Chrysomya vanemdeni
speciesChrysomya vanemdeni
Chrysomya sulcifrons
speciesChrysomya sulcifrons
Chrysomya polymita
speciesChrysomya polymita
Chrysomya norrisi
speciesChrysomya norrisi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chrysomya in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 201283.