page_title: Calliphoridae
section_title: Genera
hierarchical_section_title: Calliphoridae / Genera
caption_attribution_description: Hill's brown blowfly (Calliphora hilli), Austin's Ferry, Tasmania, Australia
context_page_description: The Calliphoridae are a family of insects in the order Diptera, with 1,200 known species. The maggot larvae, often used as fishing bait, are known as gentles. The family is known to be polyphyletic, but much remains disputed regarding proper treatment of the constituent taxa, some of which are occasionally accorded family status.
  The name blow fly comes from an older English term for meat that had eggs laid on it, which was said to be fly blown. The first known association of the term "blow" with flies appears in the plays of William Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost, The Tempest, and Antony and Cleopatra.
context_section_description: Sources: MYIA, FE, Nomina, A/O DC
  This is a selected list of genera from the Palearctic, Nearctic, Malaysia (Japan) and Australasia:
  Abago Grunin, 1966
  Amenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Angioneura Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893
  Apaulina Hall, 1948
  Cynomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Aphyssura Hardy, 1940
  Auchmeromyia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891
  Bellardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863
  Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Booponus Aldrich, 1923
  Boreellus Aldrich & Shannon, 1923
  Caiusa Surcouf, 1920
  Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Callitroga Hall, 1948
  Catapicephala Macquart, 1851
  Chloroprocta Wulp, 1896
  Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Cochliomyia Townsend, 1915
  Compsomyiops Townsend, 1918
  Cordylobia Gruenberg, 1903
  Cyanus Hall, 1948
  Dexopollenia Townsend, 1917
  Dyscritomyia Grimshaw, 1901
  Eggisops Róndani, 1862
  Eucalliphora Townsend, 1908
  Eumesembrinella Townsend, 1931
  Eurychaeta Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891
  Euphumosia Malloch, 1926
  Hemilucilia Brauer, 1895
  Hemipyrellia Townsend, 1918
  Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Melanodexia Williston, 1893
  Melanomya Róndani, 1856
  Melinda Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Mufetiella Villeneuve, 1933
  Nesodexia Villeneuve, 1911
  Neta Shannon, 1926
  Onesia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Opsodexia Townsend, 1915
  Pachychoeromyia Villeneuve, 1920
  Paralucilia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891
  Paramenia Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889
  Paraplatytropesa Crosskey, 1965
  Phormia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Phumosia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
  Platytropesa Macquart, 1851
  Polleniopsis Townsend, 1917
  Prosthetosoma Silvestri, 1920
  Protocalliphora Hough, 1899
  Protophormia Townsend, 1908
  Ptilonesia Bezzi, 1927
  Rhynchoestrus Séguy, 1926
  Sarconesia Bigot, 1857
  Silbomyia Macquart, 1843
  Stegosoma Loew, 1863
  Stilbomyella Malloch, 1935
  Toxotarsus Macquart, 1851
  Triceratopyga Rohdendorf, 1931
  Tricyclea Wulp, 1885
  TricycleopsisVilleneuve, 1927
  Trypocalliphora Peus, 1960
  Xenocalliphora Malloch, 1924
caption: Calliphora hilli
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