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Calliphoridae [kal′əfôr′ədē] Etymology: Gk, kallos, beauty, pherein, to bear a family of medium-sized to large, usually hairy, metallic blue or green flies that belong to the order Diptera, serve as pathogenic vectors, and may cause intestinal or nasopharyngeal myiasis in humans. These flies include the genera Auchmeromyia, Calliphora, Chrysomyia, Cochliomyia, Cordylobia, Lucilia, Phaenicia, Phormia, and Sarcophaga. Calliphoridae the family containing most of the important blowflies, including Calliphora, Chrysomyia, Lucilia, Callitroga and Phormia spp. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If present, adult muscoid pest flies (house flies, Musca domestica; stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans; and blow flies, Calliphoridae sp. These insects are highly predictable as larvae," says Hall, noting that certain insects, especially blowflies of the family Calliphoridae, typically discover and lay eggs on fresh corpses very soon after death, and these eggs develop into adults on predictable schedules. The flies, identified primarily to the order Diptera and the families Muscidae and Calliphoridae, were counted; the count showed that 917 [+ or -] standard deviation (SD) (843. |
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