Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Calliphoridae (Blow flies)
Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794)
Oriental Latrine Fly
Synonyms and other combinations:
Chrysomya duvaucelii Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Chrysomya gratiosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 | Lucilia flaviceps Macquart, 1843 | Musca bata Walker, 1849 | Musca combrea Walker, 1849 | Musca dux Eschscholtz, 1822 | Musca remuria Walker, 1849 | Pollenia basalis Smith, 1876 | Somomya cyaneocincta Bigot, 1888 | Somomya pfefferi Bigot, 1877 | Somomyia cyaneocincta Bigot, 1887 | Somomyia dives Bigot, 1887 | Somomyia saffranea Bigot, 1877 |
Classification:
Chrysomya megacephala belongs to the subfamily Chrysomyinae.References, further reading, links:
- 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.
- 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