Taxonomy

Family: Calliphoridae

Subfamily: Calliphorinae

Genus: Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Subgenus: Paracalliphora Townsend 1916

Species: macleayi Malloch 1927

The immature stages are unknown.

Biology

Like Calliphora centralis, the carrion-breeding behaviour of Calliphora macleayi is uncertain. Females of this species carry large first-instar larvae, like other carrion breeding members of Paracalliphora (Wallman 2001).

Distribution

Calliphora macleayi is a rainforest-inhabiting species, found only in northern New South Wales and Queensland.

Relevant Literature

Hardy, G.H. (1932) Some Australian species of Calliphora (subgenera Neopollenia and Proekon). Bulletin of Entomological Research 23, 549-558.

Wallman, J.F. (2001) Third-instar larvae of common carrion-breeding blowflies of the genus Calliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15, 37-51.