English species names of Family Calliphoridae (Blow flies)

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English species names of Family Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Blow flies, Blow Fly, Blow-flies, Blowflies, Blue-bottles, Bluebottles, Carrion flies, Cluster flies, Green-bottles, Greenbottles

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	412 22844 306890	Families Genera Species
Family	Calliphoridae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 Blow flies, Blow Fly, Blow-flies, Blowflies, Blue-bottles	343 3791	Genera Species


A
Anuran parasite	Lucilia bufonivora Moniez, 1876
Attic flies	Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Australian sheep blowfly	Phaenicia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
Australian sheep blowfly	Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
Awkward Clusterfly	Pollenia rudis Fabricius, 1794

B
Bayer's emerald bottle fly	Bellardia bayeri Jacentkovsky, 1937
Bayer's Emerald-bottle	Bellardia bayeri Jacentkovsky, 1937
Bird blow flies	Protocalliphora Hough, 1899
Bird blowflies	Protocalliphora Hough, 1899
Bird Blowfly	Protocalliphora azurea Fallen, 1817
Bisetose Emerald-bottle	Bellardia pandia Walker, 1849
Black blow fly	Phormia regina Meigen, 1826
Black blowfly	Phormia regina Meigen, 1826
Black bottle	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Black-Based Cluster Fly	Pollenia labialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
Black-bellied Clusterfly	Pollenia amentaria Scopoli, 1763
Blackbottle	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blow fly	Lucilia illustris Meigen, 1826
Blow fly	Lucilia caesar Carolus Linnaeus/L., 1758
Blow fly	Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart, 1843
Blow Fly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Blow fly	Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794
Blow Fly	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blow fly	Melinda pusilla Villeneuve, 1927
Blow-fly bluebottle	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blowfly	Lucilia caesar Carolus Linnaeus/L., 1758
Blue blowfly	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blue bottle fly	Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus, 1758
Blue-arsed fly	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blue-assed fly	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blue-bodied blowfly	Calliphora nociva Hardy, 1932
Blue-bottle fly	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Blue-Green Bottle Fly	Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart, 1855
Bluebodied blowfly	Calliphora augur Fabricius, 1775
Bluebodied blowfly	Calliphora dubia Macquart, 1855
Bluebottle	Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Bluebottle	Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus, 1758
Bluebottle blow fly	Cynomya mortuorum Linnaeus, 1761
Bluebottle fly	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Bluebottle fly	Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus, 1758
Brown blowfly	Calliphora stygia Fabricius, 1781
Brown blowfly	Calliphora laemica White in White & Doubleday, 1843

C
Cluster flies	Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Cluster flies	Polleniinae Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
Cluster fly	Pollenia rudis Fabricius, 1794
Common blow flie	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Common blow fly	Eucalliphora lilaea Walker, 1849
Common blowfly	Calliphora grahami Aldrich, 1930
Common Bluebottle	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Common brown blowfly	Calliphora stygia Fabricius, 1781
Common cluster fly	Pollenia rudis Fabricius, 1794
Common European Greenbottle Fly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Common green bottle fly	Phaenicia sericata Meigen, 1826
Common green bottle fly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Common greenbottle	Lucilia caesar Carolus Linnaeus/L., 1758
Common toad fly	Lucilia silvarum Meigen, 1826
Congo floor maggot	Auchmeromyia senegalensis Macquart, 1775

D
Dark Least Blowfly	Angioneura cyrtoneurina Zetterstedt, 1859
Dark-based Clusterfly	Pollenia labialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
Dark-palped Melinda	Melinda viridicyanea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Dark-veined Emerald-bottle	Bellardia viarum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

E
Eastern goldenhaired blowfly	Calliphora stygia Fabricius, 1781
European Blowfly	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
European bluebottle blowfly	Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
European green blowfly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826

F
False fleshfly	Eurychaeta palpalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
False Woodlouse-fly	Eggisops pecchiolii Rondani, 1862
Fly	Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914
Fly	Chrysomya saffranea Bigot, 1877
Fly	Rhinia apicalis Wiedemann, 1830

G
Green blowfly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Green Bottle	Lucilia caesar Carolus Linnaeus/L., 1758
Green bottle fly	Lucilia illustris Meigen, 1826
Green bottle fly	Lucilia thatuna Shannon, 1926
Green bottle fly	Phaenicia sericata Meigen, 1826
Green bottle fly	Lucilia gemma Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
Greenbottle	Lucilia caesar Carolus Linnaeus/L., 1758
Greenbottle Flies	Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Greenbottle fly	Lucilia gemma Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
Greenbottles	Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

H
Hairy blowfly	Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart, 1843
Hairy Maggot	Chrysomya villeneuvi Patton, 1922
Hairy Maggot Blow Flies	Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Hairy maggot blow fly	Chrysomya albiceps Wiedemann, 1819
Hairy maggot blow fly	Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart, 1843
Hairy maggot blowfly	Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart, 1843
Hill´s brown blowfly	Calliphora hilli Patton, 1925

I
Illustrious Greenbottle	Lucilia illustris Meigen, 1826
Illustrious Greenbottle Fly	Lucilia illustris Meigen, 1826

L
Large brown blowfly	Calliphora stygia Fabricius, 1781
Lesser brown blowfly	Calliphora nociva Hardy, 1932
Lesser brown blowfly	Calliphora augur Fabricius, 1775
Lesser brown blowfly	Calliphora dubia Macquart, 1855
Lesser brown blowfly western	Calliphora nociva Hardy, 1932
Lineseed	Bellardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
Little Black Blowfly	Melanomya nana Meigen, 1826
Little Bluebottle	Calliphora stelviana Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891
Little Clusterfly	Pollenia griseotomentosa Jacentkovsky, 1944
Locust Blowfly	Stomorhina lunata Fabricius, 1805
Locust parasite	Stomorhina lunata Fabricius, 1805
Long-horned Bluebottle	Calliphora loewi Enderlein, 1903
Lund´s fly	Cordylobia rodhaini Gedoelst, 1910

M
Marsh Greenbottle	Lucilia silvarum Meigen, 1826

N
Narrow-Cheeked Clusterfly	Pollenia angustigena Wainwright, 1940
New World Screw-worm	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
New World screw-worm fly	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
New World screwworm	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
New World screwworm fly	Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915
New Zealand bat fly	Mystacinobia zelandica Holloway, 1976
New Zealand bat fly	Mystacinobia Holloway, 1976
New Zealand batfly	Mystacinobia zelandica Holloway, 1976
New Zealand blue blowfly	Calliphora quadrimaculata Swederus, 1787
Norfolk blowfly	Calliphora norfolka Kurahashi, 1971
Northern Bellardia	Bellardia pubicornis Zetterstedt, 1838
Northern black fly	Polleniopsis nepalica Kurahashi, 1992
Northern blow fly	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Northern blowfly	Protophormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

O
Old World Screw-worm	Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914
Old World screwworm fly	Chrysomya putoria Wiedemann, 1830
Old World screwworm fly	Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914
Orange-bearded Bluebottle	Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus, 1758
Orange-Bearded Bluebottle Fly	Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus, 1758
Orange-palped Clusterfly	Pollenia viatica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Oriental blowfly	Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794
Oriental latrine blow fly	Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794
Oriental latrine fly	Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, 1794

P
Pale Least Blowfly	Angioneura acerba Meigen, 1838
Pale-palped Melinda	Melinda gentilis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Pale-veined Emerald-bottle	Bellardia vulgaris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Pale-veined emerald-bottle fly	Bellardia vulgaris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Primary screw-worm	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
Primary screwworm	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
Primary screwworm	Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915

R
Rango tumaro	Calliphora stygia Fabricius, 1781
Reddishbrown blowfly	Calliphora ochracea Schiner, 1868
Richards' Greenbottle	Lucilia richardsi Collin, 1926

S
Screw-worm	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
Screwworm	Chrysomya putoria Wiedemann, 1830
Screwworm	Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914
Screwworm	Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, 1858
Screwworm Flies	Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915
Screwworm fly	Chrysomya bezziana Villeneuve, 1914
Seabird Bluebottle	Calliphora uralensis Villeneuve, 1922
Secondary screw worm fly	Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius, 1775
Secondary screwworm	Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915
Secondary screwworm	Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius, 1775
Sheep blow fly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Sheep blow fly	Lucilia cuprina Wiedemann, 1830
Sheep green blowfly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Sheep maggot fly	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Sheep-strike Greenbottle	Lucilia sericata Meigen, 1826
Shiny blue bottle fly	Cynomya cadaverina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Skin maggot of man	Cordylobia anthropophaga Blanchard, 1872
Small green blowfly	Chrysomya varipes Macquart, 1851
Small hairy maggot blowfly	Chrysomya varipes Macquart, 1851
Southern buffalo gnat	Onesia cyanea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Steel-blue blowfly	Chrysomya mallochi Theowald, 1959
Steelblue blowfly	Chrysomya saffranea Bigot, 1877
Stirrup shell	Myiolucilia lyrcea Walker, 1849
Streakless Greenbottle	Lucilia ampullacea Villeneuve, 1922

T
Toad Greenbottle	Lucilia bufonivora Moniez, 1876
Toadfly	Lucilia bufonivora Moniez, 1876
Tufted Clusterfly	Pollenia pediculata Macquart, 1834
Tumbu fly	Cordylobia anthropophaga Blanchard, 1872

V
Vagabund cluster fly	Pollenia vagabunda Meigen, 1826
Vagabund Clusterfly	Pollenia vagabunda Meigen, 1826

W
Western Australian brown blowfly	Calliphora albifrontalis Malloch, 1932
Western Australian brown blowfly	Calliphora varifrons Hope, 1840
Western goldenhaired blowfly	Calliphora albifrontalis Malloch, 1932
Woodland Bluebottle	Calliphora subalpina Ringdahl, 1931

Y
Yellow-faced Blowfly	Cynomya mortuorum Linnaeus, 1761

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