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Chrysomyinae
The Chrysomyinae are a subfamily of Calliphoridae, or blow flies. According to Keys of the Genera and Species of Blow Flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America North of Mexico by Terry Whitworth, the distinguishing characteristic of this subfamily is a setose stem vein (Whitworth, 709). This subfamily includes the genera Chloroprocta, Cochliomyia, Chrysomya, Campsomyiops, Phormia, Protocalliphora, Protophormia, and Trypocalliphora.
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Chrysomya
genusChrysomya
Phormia
genusPhormia
Cochliomyia
genusCochliomyia
Protophormia
genusProtophormia
Bird Blow Flies
genusProtocalliphora
Compsomyiops
genusCompsomyiops
Hemilucilia
genusHemilucilia
Chloroprocta
genusChloroprocta
Trypocalliphora
genusTrypocalliphora
Paralucilia
genusParalucilia
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 337742.