| calliphora vicina (diptera: calliphoridae) collected from a human corpse above 3400 m in elevation. | in the summer of 2005 an adult hiker was killed in a fall in rocky mountain national park, colorado (u.s.a.). his body was subsequently colonized by the blowfly calliphora vicina (diptera: calliphoridae). the body was discovered 9 days later at an elevation of 3475 m (11,400 feet). this is the first report of c. vicina on a human corpse at this elevation in colorado. this paper provides additional confirmation of this fly colonizing a human corpse at high elevations in colorado. | 2008 | 18637872 |