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Calliphoridae

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n.1.a natural family comprising the blowflies.
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Noun1.Calliphoridae - blowflies
family Calliphoridae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
Calliphora, genus Calliphora - type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies
genus Lucilia, Lucilia - greenbottle flies
genus Sarcophaga, Sarcophaga - flesh flies
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Adult Calliphoridae, Hippoboscidae, Muscidae, and Sarcophagidae were collected from forests, zoos, ranches, and farms (Table).
Coxiella burnetii in wild-caught filth flies by Nelder, Mark P.; Lloyd, John E.; Loftis, Amanda D.; Reeves, Will K. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The families of Phoridae, Heleomyzidae, Bibionidae, Scatopsidae, Scenopinidae, and Mydidae which were found at the Kiuic site, are fairly general, as are the families of Sarcophagidae, Drosophilidae, Therevidae, Ceratopogonidae, Sciomyzidae, and Calliphoridae which were found within the Tabi site.
Evaluating diversity: a baseline study comparing the diversity of the ... by McKeown, James P. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
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.
Incrimination by insect: private eyes find a friend in flies by Weiss, Rick / Science News
 
 
 
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