sericata (Meigen), 1826: 53 (Musca). Type locality: “ Germany ”. T? (?). Distr.: almost world-wide. Colombia (Antioquia (Medellín; Valle de Aburrá), Boyacá (Tunja), Cundinamarca (Mosquera), Santander; Sucre), Argentina, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Venezuela. Refs.: Mello, 1961: 261 (rev.); James, 1970: 11 (cat.); Pape et al., 2004: 204; Ramírez-Mora et al., 2012: 30; Salazar-Ortega et al., 2012: 563; Kosmann et al., 2013: 77.

Material examined. COLOMBIA: Boyacá: Tunja, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica, 2690m, 1F, 17.v.2002, Yusseff & Daza, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); same information except: 1F, 18.v.2002; 1F, 19.v.2002; 1female, 20.v.2002; 1M, 22.v.2002; Cundinamarca: Mosquera, Finca Tibaitatá, 2543m, 1F, 01.vii.2001, Ospina & Camacho, entomological net over a pig carcass (CEUA); same information except: 2F, 10.vii.2001 (CEUA).