Lucilia deceptor ( Curran, 1934b )

Whitworth, Terry, 2014, A revision of the Neotropical species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Zootaxa 3810 (1), pp. 1-76 : 26

4. Lucilia deceptor ( Curran, 1934b)

Tables 1, 2

Viridinsula deceptor Curran, 1934b: 166 . Holotype male (CAS, not examined). Type locality: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, North Seymour Island.

Phaenicia deceptor: James 1966: 479 ; James 1970: 11.

Lucilia deceptor: Kosmann et al. 2013: 77 ; Tantawi & Sinclair 2013: 238.

Diagnosis. Specimens are dull colored, blackish to greenish-black, unusual for calliphorids; the color is reminiscent of the West Indies species L. problematica . The thorax is faintly metallic, covered with heavy brownish microtomentum while the abdomen is subshining with an olivaceous luster and heavy whitish microtomentum. The basicosta is pale orange (as in Fig. 10 ) with pale setae on rear of gena (as in Fig. 1 ). Setae below and behind postocular row are mostly pale and weak with a few stronger setae near the vertex. The male frons is extremely broad, 0.23 (0.21–24/5) of head width at narrowest, only L. cuprina in the New World has such a broad frons. In males, both calypters are pale; the genitalia are distinctive, the cerci are much longer than surstyli and the tip of the surstylus is enlarged and directed posteriorly, ( Tantawi & Sinclair 2013: figs. 1 E, F). ST5 is deeply incised with elongate lobes, ( Tantawi & Sinclair 2013: fig. 1 G).

Specimens examined. (3 males, 2 females). Ecuador: Galápagos Islands . 1 male, 1 female, Narborough Is. , Jan. 26, 1899 ( WSUP) ; 2 males, Hood Is. , May 18, 1899 ( WSUP) ; 1 female, Española, Punta Juarez , Feb. 10–12, 1967, Ira L. Wiggins ( WSUP) .

Distribution. Specimens were examined from Hood and Española Islands. James (1966) listed it from the Ecuadoran Galápagos Islands including Albemarle, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Hood, North Seymour, as well as the Costa Rican island Cocos, off the west coast. Tantawi & Sinclair (2013) examined specimens from the islands of Bartolomé, Caamaño, Española, Fenandina, Isabela, Marchena, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, and Seymour Norte.

Figures

FIGURES 7–15. 7–9. Upper and lower calypter color. 7. L. eximia female, both pale. 8. L. japuhybensis female both dark, both sexes. 9. L. albofusca female, upper pale, lower dark, both sexes.10–11. Basicosta color left lateral view. 10. L. cluvia female, basicosta orange. 11. L. eximia female, basicosta brown. 12–15. Pattern of microtomentum on thorax viewed from the rear. 12. L. purpurascens female, heavy on whole dorsum of thorax. 13. L. woodi female, broad band on presutural area of thorax. 14. L. rognesi female, patches on presutural area of thorax. 15. L. nitida female, microtomentum absent, presutural area of thorax all polished.

FIGURES 1–6. 1–2. Left lateral view of gena=g and postgena=pg showing color of setae on gena. 1. L. cluvia, setae pale. 2. L. eximia, setae dark. Left lateral view of head showing condition of setae below and behind postocular row on occiput (white arrow). 3. L. albofusca female, setae pale and weak. 4. L. ochricornis female, setae stout and dark. Left lateral view of eye facet size, see white arrows 5. L. ochricornis male, anterior and posterior facets very small. 6. L. purpurascens male, anterior facets twice the diameter of posterior facets.