Musca violacea, Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830:463

Pérez, Sandra & De Carvalho, Claudio J. B., 2016, FAMILY MUSCIDAE, Zootaxa 4122 (1), pp. 814-853 : 818

violacea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830:463 (Pyrellia) . Type locality: “ Brésil ”. ST? (destroyed, not in remains of Robineau-Desvoidy collection in MNHNP). Distr.: Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Colombia (Antioquia ( San Pedro de los Milagros, La Pintada), Boyacá (Tunja), Casanare (Meta (5.3500-70.8600)), Quindío (Quimbaya), Risaralda (Pereira), Norte de Santander (Herrán)), Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina. Refs.: de Carvalho & Couri, 2002a:44 (key to species); Carvalho et al., 2005:20 (cat.); Ramírez-Mora et al., 2012:30; Löwenberg- Neto & de Carvalho, 2013:11.

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Antioquia: San Pedro de los Milagros, Vereda Cerezales, 2,800m, 2 males, 10 females, 4-29.vi.2001, V. Perez Leg., entomological net over a pig carcass ( CEUA); La Pintada, Hacienda Montenegro, forest, 5°43'24''N, 75°37'15''W, 850m, 1 female, 19.iv.2007, N. Uribe Leg., Vsr-human feces ( CEUA); Boyacá: Tunja, Universidad Pedagogica y Tecnologica, 2,690m, 2males, 1female, v–vi.2002, Yusseff & Daza Leg., entomological net over a pig carcass ( CEUA); Quindío: Quimbaya, PANACA, Vereda Kerman 2 Km, 1,339m, 1male, 1female, 1.vii.2003, H. Vargas Leg., Vsr Fish ( CEUA); Risaralda: Pereira, SFF [Santuario de Flora y Fauna] Otún Quimbaya, forest-Robledal, 1,890m, 1 male, 7.v.2001, Entomology group Leg., Vsr Fish ( CEUA); Norte de Santander: PNN [Parque Nacional Natural] Tamá, Herrán, Vereda Pabellon, finca Gonzalo Mejía, 2,263m, 3–23.xi.2002, D. Castillo Leg., Maliase (IAvH).