Editing Calliphoridae (section)

{{Short description|Family of flies}}
{{other uses|Blowfly (disambiguation)}}
{{Redirect|Bluebottle fly|additional species called "bluebottle"|Bluebottle (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image             = Chrysomya megacephala male.jpg
| image_caption     = Male ''[[Chrysomya megacephala]]''
| taxon             = Calliphoridae
| authority         = [[Friedrich Moritz Brauer|Brauer]] & [[Julius von Bergenstamm|Bergenstamm]], 1889<ref name="BrauerBergenstamm1889">{{cite journal |last1= Brauer|first1= F.|last2= Bergenstamm|first2= J. E. von |date= 1889 |title= Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae).Pars I |url= https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7109187#page/115/mode/1up|journal= Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften |volume= 56 |issue= 1 |pages= 69–180 |access-date=25 November 2014}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision       =
* [[Bengaliinae]]<ref name="Rognes2011">{{cite journal |last1=Rognes |first1=Knut |title=A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera, Calliphoridae) |journal=Zootaxa |date=13 July 2011 |volume=2964 |issue=1 |pages=1 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2964.1.1 |hdl=11250/182367 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Calliphorinae]]
* [[Chrysomyinae]]
* [[Helicoboscinae]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rognes |first1=Knut |title=The systematic position of the genus Helicobosca Bezzi with a discussion of the monophyly of the calyptrate families Calliphoridae, Rhinophoridae, Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae (Diptera) |journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution |date=1986 |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=75–92 |doi=10.1163/187631286X00125 }}</ref>
* [[Luciliinae]]
* [[Melanomyinae]]
* [[Rhinophorinae]]<ref name="YanPapeEtAl2021">{{cite journal |last1=Yan |first1=Liping |last2=Pape |first2=Thomas |last3=Meusemann |first3=Karen |last4=Kutty |first4=Sujatha Narayanan |last5=Meier |first5=Rudolf |last6=Bayless |first6=Keith M |last7=Zhang |first7=Dong |title=Monophyletic blowflies revealed by phylogenomics |journal=BMC Biology |date=2021 |volume=19 |issue=230 |page=230 |doi=10.1186/s12915-021-01156-4 |pmid=34706743 |pmc=8555136 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
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The '''Calliphoridae''' (commonly known as '''blowflies''', '''blow flies''', '''blow-flies''', '''carrion flies''', '''bluebottles''', or '''greenbottles''')<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=151495 |taxon=Calliphoridae |access-date=31 May 2008}}</ref> are a [[Family (biology)|family]] of insects in the order [[Diptera]], with almost 1,900 known species. The [[maggot]] larvae, often used as fishing bait, are known as '''gentles'''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gentle |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gentle--2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730110824/http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/gentle--2 |archive-date=30 July 2012 |access-date=24 May 2016 |publisher=Oxford Dictionaries}}</ref> The family is known to be [[polyphyly|polyphyletic]], but much remains disputed regarding proper treatment of the constituent taxa,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yeates |first1=D. K. |last2=Wiegmann |first2=B. M. |year=1999 |title=Congruence and controversy: toward a higher-level phylogeny of Diptera |journal=[[Annual Review of Entomology]] |volume=44 |pages=397–428 |doi=10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.397 |pmid=15012378 }}</ref> some of which are occasionally accorded family status (e.g., Bengaliidae and Helicoboscidae).<ref name="Sivell2021">{{cite journal |last1=Sivell |first1=Olga |title=Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Polleniidae, Rhiniidae) |journal=RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects |date=2021 |volume=10 |issue=16 |pages=1–208 |isbn=9781910159064}}</ref>