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

Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

Northern Blowfly

Synonyms and other combinations:

Phormia terraenovae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Lucilia terraenovae Macquart, 1851 | Musca groenlandica Zetterstedt, 1838 | Musca orior Harris, 1780 | Phormia corusca Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 | Phormia nigripalpis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 |

  • Protophormia teraenovae, female 10320
    Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)    Northern Blowfly 
    Protophormia teraenovae, female, conf. eklans
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2021-08-13 11:32:12
    Image number: 10320
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2021-08-13 11:32:12
    conf. eklans
  • Protophormia terraenovae, female 10626
    Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)    Northern Blowfly 
    Protophormia terraenovae, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-10 13:34:14
    Image number: 10626
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-10 13:34:14
  • Protophormia terraenovae, male 6674
    Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)    Northern Blowfly 
    Protophormia terraenovae, male, conf. Theo Zeegers
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2014-03-20 13:59:16
    Image number: 6674
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2014-03-20 13:59:16
    conf. Theo Zeegers
  • Protophormia terraenovae, male 10625
    Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)    Northern Blowfly 
    Protophormia terraenovae, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-17 14:14:24
    Image number: 10625
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-17 14:14:24
  • Protophormia terraenovae, female and male 10627
    Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)    Northern Blowfly 
    Protophormia terraenovae, female and male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-26 13:58:08
    Image number: 10627
    female and male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-26 13:58:08
  • Protophormia terraenovae, female and male 10628
    Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)    Northern Blowfly 
    Protophormia terraenovae, female and male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2022-06-26 13:58:16
    Image number: 10628
    female and male
    DE, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2022-06-26 13:58:16

Further vernacular names:
Blue-bottle Fly, Blue-arsed Fly, Blackbottle
Classification:
Protophormia terraenovae 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. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  3. Falk, Steven (2016) British blow flies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae), draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, March 2016, 1-86.
  4. William H. Robinson: Urban Insects and Arachnids: A Handbook of Urban Entomology, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, 472 pp., ɪsʙɴ-13 978-0-511-11138-9