Bluebottle Blowfly - Subfamily Chrysomyinae
Family Calliphoridae
This page contains pictures and information about Bluebottle Blowflies in subfamily Chrysomyinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
Flies in this subfamily are either metallic green or blue in colours. The antennal arista is strongly plumose. As the subfamily Calliphorinae, they are also carrion feeders. There is one genus Chrysomya in this subfamily.
- Golden Bluebottle Blowfly
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- Chrysomya incisuralis, body length 8mm
- This Blowfly is metallic blue in colour with golden orange-brown bottom. The abdomen has orange-brown bands. Please check this page for more information.
- Semi-metallic Bluebottle Blowfly
- Chrysomya semimetallica, body length 8mm
This Blowfly is metallic blue in colour. The abdomen has orange-brown bands. Please check this page for more information. - Steelblue Bluebottle Blowfly
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- Chrysomya saffranea, body length 8mm
- This is a metallic greenish-blue Blowfly. The anterior spiracle is black. This Blowfly species look very similar to the C. megacephala below. We recognized this species by there is no black setulae hair around its vibrissa of this species. Male has eye facets above enlarged but no distinct line of demarcation from those below. Please check this page for more infromation on this Blowfly.
- Bluebottle Blowfly, Oriental Latrine Fly
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- Chrysomya megacephala, body length 8mm, male, female
- This is a metallic blue Blowfly. The anterior spiracle is black. This Blowfly species look very similar to the C. saffranea above. We recognized this species by there is black setulae hair around its vibrissa. Male has eye facets above much enlarged and sharply demarcated than those below. Please check this page for more information.
- Blackbottle
- Chrysomya nigripes, body length 8mm
- This fly look the same as the species about except dark blue in colour. Check this page for more information.
- Large Greenbottle
- Chrysomya rufifacies, body length 8mm
- This fly is medium in size with metallic green body, with a distinct green hue when viewed under bright sunlit conditions. It has a silvery face covered with black hair. The anterior spiracle is white. All legs are black. The Blowfly has the board and round abdomen. Please check this page for more information and pictures.
- 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. Family CALLIPHORIDAE - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
- 6. GENUS CHRYSOMYA IN NEW GUINEA (Diptera : Calliphoridae) - By Maurice T. James, Pacific Insects 13 (2): 361-369, 1971.
- 7. A Revision of Australian Rhiniinae (Diptera : Calliphoridae) - J. P. Dear, Aust. J. Zool., 1977, 25, 779-826.
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p781.
