The Calliphorinae are a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

of the blow fly

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Calliphoridae The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blowflies, blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with almost 1,900 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, ...

. The distinguishing characteristics of this subfamily are: the stem vein is bare, the lower

calypter A calypter is either of two posterior lobes of the posterior margin of the insect wing, forewing of fly, flies between the extreme posterior wing base and the insect wing#Fields, alula, which covers the halteres. The lower calypter is the proxi ...

and the proepisternal depression are bristly, but the suprasquamal region is bare or with only a few random bristles. The

thorax The thorax (: thoraces or thoraxes) or chest is a part of the anatomy of mammals and other tetrapod animals located between the neck and the abdomen. In insects, crustaceans, and the extinct trilobites, the thorax is one of the three main di ...

is dull and bears fine hairs, and the

abdomen The abdomen (colloquially called the gut, belly, tummy, midriff, tucky, or stomach) is the front part of the torso between the thorax (chest) and pelvis in humans and in other vertebrates. The area occupied by the abdomen is called the abdominal ...

is usually colored shining blue.Whitworth (2006) The

Bengaliinae The Bengaliinae are a subfamily of Calliphoridae, or blow flies.Rognes, K. (2011). A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in ...

(which have more yellowish and dull abdomens) have sometimes been included herein, as have the

Luciliinae The Luciliinae are a subfamily of Calliphoridae, or blow flies. According to Whitworth, the distinguishing characteristics of this subfamily are its shining green, blue, or bronze thorax and abdomen, suprasquamal ridge with a seta In biolog ...

and Polleniinae in older treatments. These are all considered separate lineages in recent works, with Polleniinae treated as a family,

Polleniidae Polleniidae is a family of flies in the order Diptera. There are at least 6 genera and more than 190 described species placed definitively in Polleniidae, and other genera whose placement here is considered uncertain. The largest genus is '' Pol ...

.Rognes, K. (2011). A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera, Calliphoridae). Zootaxa, 2964(1), 1–60. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2964.1.1Gisondi S, Rognes K, Badano D, Pape T, Cerretti P (2020) The world Polleniidae (Diptera, Oestroidea): key to genera and checklist of species. ZooKeys 971: 105-155. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.971.51283

Selected genera

* '' Acronesia'' * '' Acrophaga'' * '' Aldrichina'' * '' Bellardia'' * ''

Calliphora ''Calliphora'' is a genus of blow flies, also known as bottle flies, found in most parts of the world, with the highest diversity in Australia. The most widespread species in North America are '' Calliphora livida'', '' C. vicina'', and '' C. vo ...

'' * ''

Cynomya ''Cynomya'' () is a genus in the family Calliphoridae of flies Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects ...

'' * ''

Cyanus :''The plant genus Cyanus is nowadays included in Centaurea''. ''Cyanus'' is a genus of flies in the family Calliphoridae The Calliphoridae (commonly known as blowflies, blow flies, blow-flies, carrion flies, bluebottles, or greenbottles) a ...

'' * '' Eucalliphora'' * '' Onesia''

Footnotes

References

* * Calliphoridae Brachycera subfamilies {{Calliphoridae-stub