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 minima Shannon Figs. 24, 26, 28 , 30, 33, 34 Cochliomyia minima Shannon, 1926 : 124 Callitroga minima : Hall, 1948 : 148 Cochliomyia minima : Dear, 1985 : 136 Diagnosis. See comments under C . aldrichi regarding characters shared with C . minima . T5 with uniform dusting of microtomentum and no visible spots; occiput with pale setae only below postocular setae; frons of male broader, 0.083 (0.075–0.09/2) head width, broader than width of first flagellomere. Male genitalia. Surstylus short and digitate, the lower end directed somewhat rearward, the cercus has a broad base which tapers sharply to a pointed end ( Figs. 33, 34 ). Phallus has a typical epiphallus, basiphallus has a posteroventral projection; paraphallus long, the anterior end has a 90° bend downward ending in a complex hypophallus and acrophallus ( Fig. 24 ). Ejaculatory sclerite fan-shaped as in L . aldrichi , but base has a slender petiole that expands abruptly into a fan ( Fig. 26 ). Pregonite slender with four setae; postgonite digitate with a single fine seta ( Fig. 28 ). Male sternites similar to those in C . aldrichi , but ST5 is narrower ( Fig. 30 ). Distribution. Specimens were examined from Cuba (USNM), Dominican Republic (CMNH), Jamaica (USNM), and Puerto Rico (TW, UPR, CMNH). Dear (1985) listed this species from Jamaica , Dominican Republic , Puerto Rico , Virgin Islands , and Florida Keys. This species is rare in museum collections, but I commonly collected it in tropical habitat on the edge of the University of Puerto Rico campus. Discussion. Dear listed C . minima in the Florida Keys, but he may have been mistaken. A specimen identified by him as C . minima in USNM is in fact C . aldrichi . I examined numerous C . aldrichi from the Florida Keys, but never found C . minima there.