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Family Calliphoridae
- This page contains pictures and information about Golden Blowflies
in subfamily Calliphorinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- All blowflies we found in this subfamily are in
Genus Calliphora. They are commonly known as Golden
Blowflies. They have the abdomen in mottled golden colour with greyish-blue
thorax. Their legs are from yellowish-brown to dark brown.
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- They are the carrion-breeding flies. Their
larvae feed on rotting fresh which accelerating the breakdown of carcases and the return of nutrients to the environment. However, they also adapted to breed on live sheep.
They are causing huge problem to Australian sheep industry.
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- Golden Blowflies
in subfamily Calliphorinae are either oviparous or viviparous, and sometimes eggs and larvae may be deposited on the same occasion.
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- The Genus Calliphora is divided
into five subgenus. We found Blowflies in four subgenus and listed as
follows.
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Genus Calliphora (Neocalliphora)
- Golden Blowflies in this
subgenus have the following characteristic;
- - eyes with dense hairs, sparsely haired or
bare eyes,
- - some species with abdomen tessellated,
- - legs are black with yellow in
colours,
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- Reddish Brown blowfly
 - Calliphora (Neocalliphora) ochracea, body length 8mm
- The Reddish Brown Blowfly has
quite dense erect yellow hairs on eyes. The abdomen and scutellum are wholly
reddish yellow-brown in colour without tessellation. The Thorax is yellowish
dusted blue to brown. Please check this page
for more information.
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Goldenhaired Golden Blowfly I
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- Calliphora (Neocalliphora) stygia, body length 10mm
- Goldenhaired Golden
Blowflies are dusted metal blue in colour with silvery or golden tessellation
and golden hair on abdomen. They are quite common in Brisbane. It seems that they are seen mostly
during the winter months, from July to October. Please also check this page
for more information.
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Genus Calliphora (Calliphora)
- Golden Blowflies in this
subgenus have the following characteristic;
- - eyes bare,
- - abdomen entirely metallic blue covered with
white hairs, some species slight tessellated
- - legs are entirely black.
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- European Bluebottle Blowfly
 
 - Calliphora (Calliphora) vicina, body length 8mm
- This is an introduced species from Europe. the
abdomen is entirely metallic blue. Legs are entirely black. Eye is bare
(hairless). Please check this page
for more information.
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Goldenhaired Golden Blowfly II
 - Calliphora (Neocalliphora) sp., body length
8mm
- This Goldenhaired Golden Blowfly look very similar to
the above species. However, the face, scutellum and legs are in
different colours. We believed they are in different species. For more
information and pictures please visit this page.
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Genus Calliphora (Paracalliphora)
- Golden Blowflies in this
subgenus have the following characteristic;
- - eyes bare,
- - abdomen metallic usually blue but variable in
colours with honey yellow on sides, some species tessellated,
- - legs are reddish brown, in some species are
black
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- Smaller
Yellow Golden Blowfly
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- Calliphora (Paracalliphora) augur, body length
8mm
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This blowfly is a primary sheep-maggot fly in eastern Australia. The females deposit either eggs
or larvae and at times both may be deposited at the same time.
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Please check this page
for more information.
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- Blue Golden Blowfly
- Calliphora (Paracalliphora) macleayi, body length
8mm,
- Blue Golden Blowflies are dusty metallic blue
in colours, with honey-yellow on body sides. Top side of thorax, scutellum and
abdomen are metallic blue. Abdomen segments have the tessellated
markings. Humeri (shoulder near wing base) in blue. Legs with coax and front femur
in blue and tibia in honey-yellow, tarsus in black
colours. The face is whitish-blue. Please
check this page for more information.
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Yellow Golden Blowfly
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- Calliphora (Paracalliphora) centralis, body length
8mm
- Yellow Golden Blowflies are dusty metallic blue
in colours, with honey-yellow on body sides. Top side of thorax, scutellum and
abdomen are metallic blue. Abdomen segments have the trapezoidal markings.
Humeri (shoulder near wing base) in honey-yellow. Legs with coax, femur and tibia in honey-yellow, tarsus in black
colours. The face is honey-yellow. Please check this page
for more infromation.
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- Yellow
Tessellated Golden Blowfly
 
 - Calliphora (Paracalliphora) hilli, (C.P.
rufipes), body length
8mm
- Yellow Tessellated Golden Blowflies are dusty metallic blue
in colours. Thorax, scutellum are metallic blue. Abdomen segments have the conspicuously
tessellated markings. Legs with coax, femur and tibia in honey-yellow, tarsus in black
colours. Please click here for more
infromation.
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Genus Calliphora (Australocalliphora)
- Golden Blowflies in this
subgenus have the following characteristic;
- - eyes bare,
- - abdomen submetallic bronzy and conspicuously
tessellated,
- - legs are black, some species brownish,
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- Black Tessellated Golden Blowfly
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- Calliphora (Australocalliphora) canimicans, body length
8mm
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Black Tessellated Golden Blowflies are dusty metallic dark blue
in colours. Thorax, scutellum are metallic dark blue. Abdomen segments have the
conspicuously tessellated
markings. Legs with coax, femur and tibia in black. Please check this page for more
information.
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- Unknown Blow Fly
 - ? sp., body length 6mm
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p781.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p375.
- 3. On the Fly, The Interactive Atlas and Key to Australian Fly Families CD Rom - Hamilton, J. et al. 2006. Brisbane : CBIT &
ABRS.
- 4. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 5. Three new species of Australian 'golden blowflies' (Diptera : Calliphoridae : Calliphora), with a key to described species - KR Norris, 1994, Invertebrate Taxonomy 8(6) 1343 - 1366.
- 6. Sheep Blowflies of Victoria - Department of Primary Industries, Victoria,
Australia, 2010.
- 7. Calliphoridae (Blowflies, Bluebottles) - Insects of Tasmania: Diptera.
- 8. The tribe Calliphorini from Australian and Oriental regions, II. Calliphora-group (Diptera: Calliphoridae) - Kurahashi, H 1971, Pacific Insects 13: 141-204 [195].
- 9.. Calliphoridae
- PaDIL.
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