Whitworth, Terry
Chrysomya
Sign in to saveChrysomya is an Old World blow fly genus of the family Calliphoridae. The genus Chrysomya contains a number of species including Chrysomya rufifacies and Chrysomya megacephala. The term “Old World blow fly” is a derivative of both the associated family, Calliphoridae (blow flies), and the belief that the genus Chrysomya originated in Asia and migrated to North America only relatively recently. Chrysomya’s primary importance to the field of medico-criminal forensic entomology is due to the genus’ reliable life cycle, allowing investigators to accurately develop a postmortem interval. Chrysomya
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyCalliphoridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 101
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Calliphoridae
- Collections
- CHAS, USNM, NAUF, SAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Nigeria, Myanmar, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Calliphoridae
- Image
- Chrysomya albiceps eating.jpg
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- Commons category
- Chrysomya
- taxon name
- Chrysomya
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Chrysomya
- taxon common name
- Hairy Maggot Blow Flies
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Description
- Adults
- Larvae
- Life cycle
- Myiasis
- Predation
- Selected species
- ''Chrysomya rufifacies''
- ''Chrysomya megacephala''
- Characteristics
- Forensic importance
- Species
- References
- External links
Chrysomya is an Old World blow fly genus of the family Calliphoridae. The genus Chrysomya contains a number of species including Chrysomya rufifacies and Chrysomya megacephala. The term “Old World blow fly” is a derivative of both the associated family, Calliphoridae (blow flies), and the belief that the genus Chrysomya originated in Asia and migrated to North America only relatively recently. Chrysomya’s primary importance to the field of medico-criminal forensic entomology is due to the genus’ reliable life cycle, allowing investigators to accurately develop a postmortem interval. Chrysomya adults are typically metallic colored with thick setae on the meron and plumose arista. The name comes from the word chrysos, meaning “golden” in reference to the metallic sheen of the genus’ species, and -mya, a derivation from the word myia, meaning “fly”.
==Description== === Adults === thumb|250px|Chrysomya usually have blue/green metallic bodies
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chrysomya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.