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

Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Totenfliege Fly of the Dead

Synonyms and other combinations:

Musca mortuorum Linnaeus, 1761 | Cynomya hirta Hough, 1898 | Cynomya gregorpovolnyi Cepelak & Cepelak, 1978 |

  • Cynomya mortuorum, male 792
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-22 11:14:41
    Image number: 792
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-22 11:14:41
  • Cynomya mortuorum 793
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum
    DE, Chemnitz; 2004-07-31 18:35:32
    Image number: 793

    DE, Chemnitz
    2004-07-31 18:35:32
  • Cynomya mortuorum, female 794
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-06-26 15:04:03
    Image number: 794
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-06-26 15:04:03
  • Cynomya mortuorum, female 924
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2009-08-09 12:01:40
    Image number: 924
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2009-08-09 12:01:40
  • Cynomya mortuorum, male 7287
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2016-05-19 10:32:12
    Image number: 7287
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2016-05-19 10:32:12
  • Cynomya mortuorum, male 7288
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz; 2016-05-19 10:32:15
    Image number: 7288
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Hutholz
    2016-05-19 10:32:15
  • Cynomya mortuorum, male 10280
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2021-06-26 14:07:28
    Image number: 10280
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2021-06-26 14:07:28
  • Cynomya mortuorum, male 10281
    Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761)  Totenfliege  Fly of the Dead 
    Cynomya mortuorum, male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2021-06-26 14:07:34
    Image number: 10281
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2021-06-26 14:07:34

Further vernacular names:
Yellow-faced Blowfly
Classification:
Cynomya mortuorum belongs to the subfamily Calliphorinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2013) Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2 Web Service available online at https://fauna-eu.org/
  2. Falk, Steven (2016) British blow flies (Calliphoridae) and woodlouse flies (Rhinophoridae), draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, March 2016, 1-86.
  3. Braet, Yves & Bourguignon, Luc & Vanpoucke, Sofie & Drome, Valérie & Hubrecht, Françoise. (2015). Preliminary data on pupal development, lifespan and fertility of Cynomya mortuorum (L., 1761) in Belgium (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Biodiversity Data Journal. 3. e5387. 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5387.