Lucilia lucigerens ( James, 1971 )

Whitworth, Terry, 2014, A revision of the Neotropical species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Zootaxa 3810 (1), pp. 1-76 : 33

9. Lucilia lucigerens ( James, 1971)

Fig. 161 , Tables 1, 2

Phaenicia lucigerens James, 1971: 384 . Holotype male (USNM, not examined). Type locality: Jamaica, Portland.

Phaenicia lucigerens: Mariluis et al. 1994: 26 .

Lucilia lucigerens: Whitworth 2010: 24 ; Kosmann et al. 2013: 77.

Type information. Several paratypes in WSUP were examined; this species was clearly defined by James (1971).

Diagnosis. One of only two species in the Neotropical Region with the upper calypter white and the lower dark in both sexes (also found in L. albofusca ). Fifth tergite coppery to aeneous in both sexes.

Specimen barcoded. 1 male [BNNR056], West Indies , Jamaica, March17, 2009, W. Cranston ( WSUP)

Discussion. See Whitworth (2010) for a detailed description of this species. Barcode data was obtained for only one specimen ( Fig. 161 ).

Distribution. Known only from Jamaica.

Figures

FIGURE 161. A neighbor joining tree of specimens and species of Neotropical Lucilia using CO1 DNA barcode, made with K2P distance and generated in BOLD.