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Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart

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Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)

Lucilia rufifacies Macquart, 1844: 303 Chrysomya rufifacies: Dear, 1985: 113

Diagnosis. Notum mostly shining, little or no tomentum when viewed from rear; male frons twice the width of anterior ocellus; male outer vertical seta usually present; female rear edge of T5 with cleft (Whitworth 2006, as in fig. 49).

Distribution. Specimens were examined from Dominica (TW), Jamaica (LSAM), and Puerto Rico (TW, FSCA, CMNH, USNM). Dear (1985) did not record it from the West Indies. It is found throughout the Neotropical Region.

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 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276279

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Macquart
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Chrysomya
Species
rufifacies
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Macquart, J. (1844) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxieme. 3. e partie [1843]. Roret, Paris. 304 pp. + 36 pls.
  • Dear, J. P. (1985) A revision of the New World Chrysomyini (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 3, 109 - 169.
  • Whitworth, T. L. (2006) Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 108, 689 - 725.