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
Cochliomyia macellaria
(Fabricius)
Musca macellaria
Fabricius, 1775
: 776
Callitroga macellaria
:
Hall, 1948
: 138
Cochliomyia macellaria
:
Dear, 1985
: 139
Diagnosis.
Lower 1/3–1/2 of fronto-orbital plate with pale setulae outside row of frontal setae (
Whitworth 2006, fig. 53, left side
); T5 usually with pronounced lateral areas of silvery microtomentum; postgenal setae usually pale yellow; female usually with yellowish basicosta; usually with two pairs of proclinate orbital setae (sometimes one or both sides have only one).
Distribution.
Dear (1985)
listed this species from numerous West Indies islands, and it is common in collections from the region. This species is common and widespread throughout the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.