Definition of Genus Calliphora

1. Noun. Type genus of the Calliphoridae: blowflies.

Exact synonyms: Calliphora
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Calliphoridae, Family Calliphoridae
Member holonyms: Blow Fly, Blowfly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Calliphora

genus Caladium
genus Calamagrostis
genus Calamintha
genus Calamus
genus Calandrinia
genus Calanthe
genus Calceolaria
genus Calendula
genus Calidris
genus Calla
genus Calliandra
genus Callicebus
genus Callimorpha
genus Callinectes
genus Calliophis
genus Calliphora (current term)
genus Callirhoe
genus Callisaurus
genus Callistephus
genus Callithrix
genus Callitriche
genus Callitris
genus Callophis
genus Callorhinus
genus Calluna
genus Calocarpum
genus Calocedrus
genus Calochortus
genus Calophyllum
genus Calopogon

Literary usage of Genus Calliphora

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"... FLIES OF THE genus Calliphora 3 The large blue bottle fly, Calliphora vomitoria Linnaeus (plate I, fig. 1) and its near relative C. erythrocephala ..."

2. Human Parasitology: With Notes on Bacteriology, Mycology, Laboratory by Damaso de Rivas (1920)
"genus Calliphora (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) To this genus belongs the common "blue-bottle" fly, which is characterized by the metallic brilliant blue of the ..."

3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1894)
"There are two distinct but very similar looking species, belonging to the genus Calliphora, Dsv., respecting the names of which there has been some ..."

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