Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the West Indies and description of a new species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy
Author
Whitworth, Terry
text
Zootaxa
2010
2663
1
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.276279
280ecfda-718e-4b4c-b3a6-1077053c708c
1175-5326
276279
Chloroprocta idioidea
(Robineau-Desvoidy)
Figs. 6, 7
,
19
Chrysomya idioidea
Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
: 435
Chloroprocta idioidea
:
Dear, 1985
: 113
Diagnosis.
Apex of wing beyond r-m crossvein tinted brown (as in
Fig. 6
); posterior margin of hind coxa with a few setae on the posterolateral corner (
Fig. 7
); male eye facets enlarged (as in
Fig. 19
); ventral surface of costa setulose to junction of R1.
Distribution.
Specimens were examined from
Bahamas
,
Cuba
and
Trinidad
(USNM) and
Dominican Republic
(CNMH).
Dear (1985)
listed it from
Bahamas
,
Cuba
and
Trinidad
.
Discussion.
Shannon (1926)
and
Hall (1948)
believed there are two species of this genus in the region.
Dear (1985)
concluded there is only one and authors claiming there are two species were relying on variable characters as part of intraspecific variation.