Chrysomya megacephala | |
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Female C. megacephala | |
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Male C. megacephala | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Calliphoridae |
Genus: | Chrysomya |
Species: | C. megacephala
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Binomial name | |
Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794)
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Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly or oriental blue fly, is a member of the family Calliphoridae (blowflies). It is a warm-weather fly with a greenish-blue metallic box-like body. The fly infests corpses soon after death, making it important to forensic science. This fly is implicated in some public health issues; it can be the cause of myiasis,[1] and also infects fish and livestock.