Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)
FamilyCALLIPHORIDAE (blowflies, bluebottles, green bottles and woodlouse-flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly) :
1: Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)
21 May 2015 OSGR: SD79 54° 20’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: North-west Yorks (VC 65) England
female, visiting Dandelion
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)
16 Aug 2014 OSGR: ST91 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male genitalia - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)
14 Oct 1972 OSGR: SE64 53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
very worn male
Image 1: Male - antero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Male - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 7: Male - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

First Instar Larva

Szpila, K., Pape, T., Hall, M.J.R. & Madra, A. 2014 Morphology and identification of first instars of European and Mediterranean blowflies of forensic importance. Part III: Calliphorinae Medical and Veterinary Entomology Vol 28: 133-142.

Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cynomya mortuorum (Dead Dog Fly, Yellow-faced Blowfly)
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