Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Orange-bearded Bluebottle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCalliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle)
GenusCalliphora (true bluebottles)
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 Calliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle) :
1: Calliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle)
17 Aug 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, basking on Runner Beans
Image 1: Male - abdomen tip - posterior view - magnifiedImage 2: Male - abdomen tip - ventral view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsum - oblique view - highly enlargedImage 6: Male - dorsum - oblique view - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Male - genitalia (opened) - antero-ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Male - genitalia (opened) - antero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 9: Male - genitalia (opened) - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 10: Male - genitalia (opened) - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 11: Male - genitalia (opened) - lateral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Male - genitalia (opened) - lateral view - magnifiedImage 13: Male - genitalia (opened) - ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 14: Male - genitalia (opened) - ventral view - magnifiedImage 15: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 16: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 17: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 18: Male - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 19: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 20: Male - head - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 21: Male - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 22: Male - thorax - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 23: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 24: Wing base and squamae - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 25: Wing base and squamae - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 26: Wing - dorsal view - highly 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.

Calliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Calliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Calliphora vomitoria (Orange-bearded Bluebottle)
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