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Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy
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Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy
Fig. 8
Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 435 Calliphora vicina: Hall, 1948: 307
Diagnosis. This species has a yellow basicosta, a genal dilation with reddish ground color on anterior half or more; katepisternal setal formula of 2:1 (Fig. 8) and male frons 0.075–0.12 of head width.
Distribution. Calliphora vicina is widespread and common in North America and has been found south to Mexico City and Panama, though it is not recorded from the West Indies. It is also found in southern South America and throughout the Palearctic and Oriental Regions.
Notes
Published as part of Whitworth, Terry, 2010, 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, pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 2663 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276279
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Robineau-Desvoidy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Calliphoridae
- Genus
- Calliphora
- Species
- vicina
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les myodaires. Memoires presentes par divers Savans a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France. Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques, Ser. 2, 2, 1 - 813.
- Hall, D. J. (1948) The blowflies of North America. Thomas Say Foundation. Lafayette, Indiana. 477 pp.