Family Calliphoridae
(blow flies, bluebottles, cluster flies, and greenbottles)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Holometabola
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  Order Diptera (true flies)
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  Suborder Brachycera (circular-seamed flies, muscoid flies, and short-horned flies)
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  Infraorder Muscomorpha
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  Family Calliphoridae (blow flies, bluebottles, cluster flies, and greenbottles)
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  Subfamily Calliphorinae
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  Tribe Angioneurini
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  Genus Melanomya
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  Tribe Calliphorini
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  Genus Acronesia
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  Genus Acrophaga
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  Genus Aldrichina
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  Genus Bellardia
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  Genus Calliphora
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  Genus Cyanus
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  Genus Cynomya
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  Genus Eucalliphora
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  Tribe Luciliini
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  Genus Bufolucilia
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  Genus Francilia
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  Genus Lucilia
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  Genus Phaenicia
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  Tribe Polleniini
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  Genus Melanodexia
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  Genus Pollenia
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  Subfamily Chrysomyiinae
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  Tribe Chrysomyiini
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  Genus Chloroprocta
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  Genus Cochliomyia
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  Genus Paralucilia
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  Tribe Phormiini
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  Genus Boreellus
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  Genus Phormia
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  Genus Protocalliphora
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  Genus Protophormia
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  Tribe Rhiniini
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  Genus Stomorhina