Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart

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, Zootaxa 2663, pp. 1-35 : 20-21

Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart

Figs. 40–41

Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart, 1855: 522 Phaenicia caeruleiviridis: Hall, 1948: 232

Lucilia coeruleiviridis: Whitworth, 2006: 720

Diagnosis. Male frons 0.023 (0.015–0.030)/8 of head width; female frons 0.25 (0.24–0.26)/4. Rear of the head has a row of irregular black setae behind the postocular row. Basicosta pale; upper calypter pale in both sexes, lower light tan in males and pale in females; only rear edge of T4 and T5 polished. Male genitalia in lateral view with surstylus slender and curved forward, narrowing evenly to distal end; cercus narrowing distally to a point, curved forward, about equal in length to surstylus. In posterior view, surstylus curved inward, cercus tapering from a broad base to a point ( Figs. 40–41 ).

Distribution. No specimens were seen in collections from the region, but James (1970) listed it as occurring in Cuba. It is common in southeastern USA and I also have seen it from Guatemala.

Comment. Hall (1948) misspelled the species name as “ caeruleiviridis ” in his publication. In Macquart’s (1855) original publication, the way the word is printed in the diagnosis with the o and e joined as “oe” may have led to confusion about spelling.

Figures

FIGURES 38 – 49. Left lateral and posterior views of Lucilia male genitalia. 38, 39. L. cluvia. 40, 41. L. coeruleiviridis. 42, 43. L. eximia. 44, 45. L. fayeae. 46, 47. L. lucigerens. 48, 49. L. retroversa.