Calliphora vomitoria ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee, 2024, Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 308-330 : 313-314

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scientific name	Calliphora vomitoria ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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Calliphora vomitoria ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Musca vomitoria Linnaeus, 1758: 595 View Cited Treatment . Type locality: Sweden (see Hall 1948: 313; Thompson & Pont 1994: 134).

Musca carnaria caerulea Degeer 1776: 57 . Unavailable, polynomial suppressed by ICZN Opinion 2333 (2014).

Musca vomitoria minimus minimus Harris, 1780: 87. Junior synonym.

Musca View in CoL carnivora Fabricius, 1794: 313. Junior synonym.

Musca obscoena Eschscholz, 1823: 113 . Junior synonym.

Calliphora brunibarbis Robineau-Desviody 1830: 434 . Junior synonym.

Calliphora fulvibarbis Robineau-Desviody 1830: 434 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Calliphora affinis Macquart, 1835: 263 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Calliphora rubrifrons Townsend 1908: 116 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Calliphora pseudovomitoria Baranov, 1943: 62 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Holarctic; South Africa; Hawaii. North America, from Greenland and Alaska south to Mexico.

Remarks: One of the largest Calliphoridae , with bright yellow setae on the back of the head. Occasionally recorded in wound myiasis ( James 1955).

Material examined: BAJA CALIFORNIA:(literature review):Sierra Juarez, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Representative voucher specimens 2017–19 Ketzaly Munguia-Ortega ( ECSR); BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: None known.