Lucilia cuprina ( Wiedemann 1830 )

Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee, 2024, Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 308-330 : 321

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5468.2.4
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11617271
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scientific name	Lucilia cuprina ( Wiedemann 1830 )
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Treatment

Lucilia cuprina ( Wiedemann 1830) View in CoL

Musca cuprina Wiedemann, 1830: 654 . Type location: China.

Musca varians Wiedemann, 1830: 655 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia amica Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 453 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Lucilia dorsalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 453 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Lucilia usta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 456 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Lucilia elegans Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 458 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Lucilia puben s Macquart, 1844: 137. Junior synonym.

Lucilia argyricephala Macquart, 1846: 326 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Musca fucina Walker, 1849: 883 . Junior synonym.

Musca serenissima Walker, 1853: 340 . Junior synonym.

Musca temperata Walker, 1853: 340 . Junior synonym.

Phaenicia dorsalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 770 View in CoL . Changed combination of Lucilia dorsalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 453 View in CoL = Lucilia cuprina ( Wiedemann 1830) View in CoL .

Lucilia leucodes Frauenfeld, 1867: 453 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Somomya pallifrons Bigot, 1877b: 258 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Strongyloneura nigricornis Senior-White, 1924: 115 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia pallescens Shannon, 1924: 78 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Lucilia pseudosericata Gaminara, 1930: 1264 View in CoL . Junior synonym.

Distribution: China and Japan to India; East Indies; Fiji; Hawaii; Southern United States, Florida to Washington, D.C., and westward to California. Central and South America ( Whitworth 2014).

Remarks: Remarkably similar to L. sericata in appearance and genetically but often a more coppery color. L. sericata can also appear coppery. Common name: Australian sheep blow fly.

Material examined: BAJA CALIFORNIA: Agua Caliente (San Carlos) 18.5 mi. E of Manadiero 6-viii-1973 P.H. Arnaud Jr. ( CAS) ; Mx-BC Ensenada , coastal sand dunes, bait trap R.norvegicus , 8–15 Nov 2018 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM); (literature review) : El Mogor, Punta Colonet, Sierra Juarez, Sierra San Pedro Martir, Rio Hardy , Representative voucher specimens 2017–19 Ketzaly Munguia-Ortega ( ECSR) ; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: Mx-BCX Cabo San Lucas , dead cow on road, 11 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX 5 mi. e. San Jose Del Cabo , coastal sand dunes, 12–16 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM)

References

Abbreviations

CAS	California Academy of Sciences
SDM	Stroud and District Museum

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Calliphoridae
Genus	Lucilia