CALLIPHORIDAE
(blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles)

Interactions where CALLIPHORIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live adult may be infected by Entomophthora muscae an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Entomophthora muscae/Entomophthora muscaean entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Calliphoridaeblowflies, bluebottles, green bottlesliveadult infects live adult
(live) live adult may be infected by UK/Ireland Furia americana an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and Norwich, Wilding, N., 1983
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Furia americana/Furia americanaan entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Calliphoridae/Calliphoridaeblowflies, bluebottles, green bottlesliveadult infects live adult

CALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu latoBull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143.
Wilding, N., 1983Entomophthorales foray: 10 - 14 September 1982, Exeter University and NorwichBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 17 (1): 47-49.
Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Angioneura acerba
Pale Least Blowfly
Species 1 references
Angioneura cyrtoneurina
Dark Least Blowfly
Species 1 references
Bellardia
emerald-bottles
Genus 2 trophisms
Calliphora
true bluebottles
Genus 2 subtaxa 4 trophisms 3 references
Cynomya mortuorum
Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Eggisops pecchiolii
False Woodlouse-fly
Species 1 trophisms 1 references
Eurychaeta palpalis
False Fleshfly
Species 1 trophisms
Lucilia
true greenbottles
Genus 5 subtaxa 16 trophisms 1 references
Melinda
lesser bluebottles
Genus 2 trophisms
Phormia regina
Black Blowfly
Species 2 trophisms
Pollenia
clusterflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 5 trophisms
Protocalliphora azurea
Bird Blowfly
Species 2 trophisms
Protophormia terraenovae
Blackbottle
Species 2 trophisms
Stomorhina lunata
Locust Blowfly
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
Section Calyptratae (dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue & green bottles)
InfraorderMuscomorpha (hover, scuttle, acalypterate, dung, house & parasitoid flies, blue/green bottles)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon.
() Erzinçlioglu, Z. 1996 Blowflies Naturalist's Handbooks, 23, 71pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Falk, S. Diptera (flies) www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157629586945825/
Falk, S. 2016 British blowflies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae)
Falk, S.J. Test key to British Calliphoridae
Rognes, K. 1991 The Blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of Fennoscandia and Denmark Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, 24, 272pp, E. J. Brill / Scandinavian Science Press Ltd.
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(a), 133pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

  • Forensic Species

    • Szpila, K. 2015 Key for identification of European and Mediterranean blowflies (Diptera, Calliphoridae) of forensic importance: adult flies

    CALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles):

    Remove abdomen. Boil in 10% KOH for a few minutes and leave to cool.

    Wash in water. Gently press with needle to remove macerated contents. Use forceps to remove trachea. Split abdomen with fine forceps introduced through the hole at the thorax junction. Wash in water and remove any more trachea.

    Push the ovipositor out by inserting one point of the forceps, and break it free of the abdomen. Remove the abdomen. Cut along the interstitial membrane with a scalpel by running the blade against the forceps. Again, remove trachea.

    Wash in water and open out in a thin film of water with forceps and a mounted needle. Remove excess water and add a drop of lactophenol. Chase air bubbles away with a needle and manipulate to mix lactophenol with remaining water. Check ovipositor is fully splayed out. Add a coverslip and examine. (Warm to remove any remaining air bubbles if necessary.)

    (See photos of Luculia caesar ovipositor - 3 June 11)

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