Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Calliphoridae (Blow flies)

Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)

Bird Blowfly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Musca pervenio Harris, 1780 | Musca reviso Harris, 1780 | Lucilia dispar Dufour, 1845 |

  • Protocalliphora azurea, male 10343
    Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)    Bird Blowfly 
    Protocalliphora azurea, male, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-08-02 11:30:59
    Image number: 10343
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-08-02 11:30:59
    conf. eklans
  • Protocalliphora azurea, male 10344
    Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)    Bird Blowfly 
    Protocalliphora azurea, male, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-08-02 11:30:30
    Image number: 10344
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-08-02 11:30:30
    conf. eklans
  • Protocalliphora azurea, male 10345
    Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)    Bird Blowfly 
    Protocalliphora azurea, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-08-02 11:30:49
    Image number: 10345
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-08-02 11:30:49
  • Protocalliphora azurea, male 10346
    Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817)    Bird Blowfly 
    Protocalliphora azurea, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2020-08-02 11:30:57
    Image number: 10346
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2020-08-02 11:30:57

Classification:
Protocalliphora azurea belongs to the subfamily Chrysomyinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Falk, Steven (2016) British blow flies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae), draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, March 2016, 1-86.