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Calliphoridae (blow fly)
Taxonomy
Calliphorinae was named by Brauer and von Bergenstamm (1889). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Calliphoridae by Carpenter (1992), Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Marinho et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Muscidae by Brauer and von Bergenstamm (1889); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Oestroidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Marinho et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Calliphoridae by Carpenter (1992), Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Marinho et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Muscidae by Brauer and von Bergenstamm (1889); to Brachycera by Carpenter (1992); and to Oestroidea by Wiegmann et al. (2011) and Marinho et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Calliphorinae Brauer and von Bergenstamm p. 156 |
| 1992 | Calliphoridae Carpenter |
| 2011 | Calliphoridae Wiegmann et al. |
| 2012 | Calliphoridae Marinho et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Calliphoridae Brauer and von Bergenstamm 1889 [blow fly]
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Subfm. Chrysomyinae Shannon 1923
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G. Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
G. Cochliomyia Townsend 1915
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Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius 1775 [secondary screwworm]
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Invalid names: Protochrysomyia howardae Pierce 1945 [synonym]
Invalid names: Protochrysomyia Pierce 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | South Africa | Calliphoridae indet. (22352) | |
| Gelasian | Greenland | Calliphoridae indet. (160109 160144) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Chrysomya sp. (178474) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Protochrysomyia howardae (152194) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Belgium | Protophormia terraenovae (140370) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Protophormia terraenovae (178476) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Germany | Protophormia terraenovae (178475) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Calliphoridae indet. (103991) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Cochliomyia macellaria (162173) | |
| Holocene | Austria | Calliphoridae indet. (139946) |