Abstract

JAUME-SCHINKEL, Santiago  and  IBANEZ-BERNAL, Sergio. Catalog of the family Calliphoridae (Diptera: Oestroidea) of Mexico. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2020, vol.36, e3612237.  Epub Aug 28, 2020. ISSN 2448-8445.  https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2020.3612237.

Calliphoridae is a worldwide distributed family of flies with over 1,500 described species. There are approximately 100 species in the Nearctic region and 130 in the Neotropical region, but in the Mexican territory only few species have been recorded. There is not a previous catalog of Mexican calliphorids. This catalog summarizes taxonomic actualized information of 30 species of 11 genera and three subfamilies of Calliphoridae known up to date in Mexico.

Keywords : blow flies; taxonomy; species list.

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