Cochliomyia macellaria ( Fabricius 1775 )

Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee, 2024, Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Baja California Peninsula, Zootaxa 5468 (2), pp. 308-330 : 316-317

Cochliomyia macellaria ( Fabricius 1775)

Musca macellaria Fabricius, 1775: 776 , by original designation. Type Location: “America” [West Indies. Virgin Is., St. Croix].

Musca erythrocephala De Geer, 1776: 146 . Junior synonym.

Musca erythrocephala Fabricius, 1787: 351 , nomen dubium, preoccupied by Musca erythrocephala De Geer 1776: 146 .

Chrysomya affinis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 445 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya viridula Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 445 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya lherminieri Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 446 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya tibialis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 446 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya alia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 447 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya coerulescens Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 447 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya socia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 447 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya decora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 448 . Junior synonym.

Chrysomya lepid a Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 448. Junior synonym.

Chrysomya plaei Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 448 . Junior synonym.

Musca taniaria Wiedemann, 1830: 406 . Incorrect original spelling of Musca laniaria Wiedemann, 1830 , First Revisor Wiedemann (1830: 683) —see Dear 1985: 141.

Musca laniaria Wiedemann, 1830: 683 . Junior synonym.

Musca macellaria Haliday, 1833: 165 , Junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Musca macellaria Fabricius 1775 ; nomen dubium; junior primary homonym.

Calliphora violacea Macquart, 1844: 128 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia vittata Macquart, 1844: 141 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia durvillei Macquart, 1844: 142 . Junior synonym.

Musca certima Walker, 1849: 873 . Junior synonym.

Musca phauda Walker, 1849: 896 . Junior synonym.

Calliphora tristriata Verhuell, 1850: 273 . Junior synonym.

Calliphora tibialis Macquart, 1851: 215 . Senior synonym; junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Calliphora tibialis Macquart, 1846: 323 = Onesia tibialis Macquart, 1846: 323 .

Lucilia rubrifrons Macquart, 1851: 223 . Junior synonym.

Musca turbida Walker, 1853: 336 . Senior synonym; junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Musca turbida Wiedemann, 1830: 396.

Musca fasciata Walker, 1853: 337 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia picicrus Thomson, 1869: 543 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia curvipes Thomson, 1869: 544 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia porticola Thomson, 1869: 544 . Junior synonym.

Lucilia quadrisignata Thomson, 1869: 544 . Junior synonym.

Somomya flavigena Bigot, 1877b: 249 . Junior synonym.

Somomya aztequina Bigot, 1877b: 252 . Junior synonym.

Somomyia iridicolor Bigot, 1888b : clxxxi. Junior synonym.

Calliphora trifasciata Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1894: 27 . Subsequent misspelling of Calliphora tristriata Verhuell, 1850: 273 .

Chrysomyia lynchi Lahille, 1915: 12 . Junior synonym.

Protochrysomyia howardae Pierce, 1945: 8 . Junior synonym.

Cochliomyia fontanai García, 1952: 71 . Junior synonym.

Distribution: Western hemisphere from Quebec Canada, southward to Patagonia.

Remarks: Judging from the diverse collection in the San Diego Natural History Museum with its emphasis on Baja peninsula insects, and Ketzaly Munguia Ortega, this is the most common calliphorid fly in Baja California. The secondary screwworm is essentially a scavenger, though it occasionally becomes parasitic, and numerous cases of myiasis in man and animals are on record. Common name: Secondary Screwworm Fly.

Material examined: BAJA CALIFORNIA: Angeles Bay, Gulf of Calif. May 5–7, 1921 & June 25–26, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; Mulege Baja Calif. May 14, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; Danzante Isl. May 24, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; Santa Cruz Island Gulf of Calif. May 27, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; San Jose Is. Amortajada Bay . May 29, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; San Evaristo Baja Calif. June 10, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; Conception Bay Gulf of Calif. June 18, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; Angel de la Guardia Isl. Pond Island Bay , July 1, 1921 E. P. VanDuzee ( CAS) ; Coyote Cove, Conception Bay Lower Calif. iv-29-1938 Michelbacher & Ross ( CAS) ; El Mayor, Lower California iv-1939 C.D. Mitchner ( CAS) ; 20 Mi. N. Mesquital, Lower California ix-27-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; 15 mi. N. San Ignacio, Lower California ix-29-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; 10 Mi. E. San Ignacio, Lower California ix-30-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; San Pedro, Lower California x-7-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; San Domingo , Lower California x-23-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; Isla Ceralbo Gulf of Calif Mx Gorda Pt. iii-20-1953 Sefton Orca Exped. P.H. Arnaud ( CAS) ; Isla Ceralbo Gulf of Calif. Ruffo Ranch Sefton Orca Expedition iii-22- 1953 Arnaud ( CAS) ; Aqua Verde Bay, Gulf of Calif. Bay Sefton Orca Expedition iii-26-1953 Arnaud ( CAS) ; Isla Carmen Gulf of Calif. Belandra Bay Sefton Orca Expedition iii-28-1953 Arnaud ( CAS) ; Pulpito Anchorage Gulf of Calif. Bay Sefton Orca Expedition iii-31-1953 Arnaud ( CAS) ; Isla San Estaban Gulf of Calif. Bay Sefton Orca Expedition iv-2-1953 Arnaud ( CAS) ; Baja, Km 95 Rt. 1, vii-10- 54 W. McDonald ( LACM) ; Baja 3 mi. N. Mira Flores 19-i-1959 H.B. Leach ( CAS) ; Baja Norte San Felipe 7-iii-1963 Arnaud ( CAS) ; BN Arroyo Santo Domingo , 5.7 mi. N. Hamilton Ranch 23-iv-1963 Leach & Arnaud ( CAS) ; Baja Norte North Foot Red Rock Hamilton Ranch 24-iv-1963 Leach & Arnaud ( CAS) ; Baja Norte Arroyo Salado 3.2 Mi. N. San Vicente 28-iv-1963 Leach & Arnaud ( CAS) ; 26 mi. S. San Felipe , 15-iv-1965 D.Q. Cavagnaro, E.S. Ross, V.L. Vesterby ( CAS) ; Punta Piedra 30mi. N. Ensenada, 9-i-1965 S.&S. Frommer ( UCR) ; Baja Norte, dump N. of Bahia de L.A. ex. dead Lamnia ditropis 3-v-1968 R.P. Papp ( CAS) ; N. San Felipe , iv-10-1968 M.E. Irwin ( UCR) ; Baja Estero Beach 9 mi. S. Ensenada, sea level, 4-vii-1973 P.H. Arnaud ( CAS) ; Baja Calif Norte, Rancho Santa Fe , 4 mi. S. Maneadero, 22-vi-1975 R. Kawin ( CAS) ; turnoff Mx Hwy 1 3. Mi. S. Ensenada, coastal sand dunes 18-vii-1977 Arnaud ( CAS) ; Baja Norte, San Esteban Island , 1 Apr 1980 ( SDM) ; 2 km. N. of Maneadero , 6 Sep 1981 Faulkner, Brown ( SDM) ; Isla de Cedros, canyon W. of Punta Norte 30 Mar 1983 ( SDM) ; Isla de Cedros, Baja Norte, vicinity of fishing village 1-vii-1983 Geo. J. Mallick ( CAS) ; Baja, Estero Punta Banda 3 mi. S. Ensenada, 20 Oct 1989 J.&J. Brown, J. Morton ( LACM) ; 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, Santa Catarina, Cerro Santo Tomas, Rio Hardy , San Felipe, Punta Final, Representative voucher specimens 2017–19 Ketzaly Munguia-Ortega ( ECSR) ; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: MX, V. Trinidad, vii-1927 L.M. Huey ( SDM) ; Muertos Bay, Baja California, Mch. ?-17- 1928 Craig ( CAS) ; Mex. Baja Calif., canyon North of De Mara’s Well , Nov 21, 1936, C.F. Harbison ( SDM) ; 10 mi. NW. La Paz , i-6-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; Las Animas, Sierra Laguna , Lower California x-12-1941 Ross & Bohart ( CAS) ; El Arco , 28’55”N, 7 Apr 1947 Charles F. Harbison ( SDM) ; Isla Ceralba, Gordes Point, Gulf of Calif. iii-20-1953 Sefton & Arnaud ( CAS) ; Isla San Francisco, Gulf of Calif. iii-24-1953 Sefton Orca Exped. P.H. Arnaud ( CAS) ; El Saltillo S.L.P. viii-24-54 ( UCR) ; San Benedicto Is. Revillagigedo Group, iv-30-55 McDonald & Bladget ( LACM) ; Baja Del Sur, N. Shore, Isla Del Carmen , iv-22-58 E. Yale Dawson ( LACM) ; Baja Calif. Punta Arenas & Bahia Los Muertos Rds. 20-xii-1958 H.B. Leach ( CAS) ; Cabo San Lucas , Baja California, on human feces, 17-i-1959 H.B. Leach ( CAS) ; 25 mi. W. La Paz , ix-4-1959 K.W. Radford, & F.C. Werner ( CAS) ; Mx. Agua Calientes Ridge NW of Jocoque Dam viii-19-1960 Arnaud, Ross, Drentz ( CAS) ; Isla Espiritu Santo, Gulfo de Calif , 24’25N,110’20W, iv 21-1962 C. Harbison ( SDM) ; 5 mi. N. San Jose Del Cabo , Haplopappus sonoriensis , xi-8-65 Ewart & Dickson ( UCR) ; 1 mi. W.Sta Clara Rancho @base of San Pedro Martir Mts. v-3-1969 B. Cheary ( UCR) ; Baja Calif. Sur , La Paz, alt. 25ft. 12 May 1969 Stanley C. Williams ( CAS) ; Baja Calif. Sur , 21 mi. S. San Miguel de Comondo, 15 May 1969 S.C. Williams ( CAS) ; San Ramon 4 mi. W. Colonia Guerrero vii-3-1969 L.F. LaPre’ ( UCR) ; Baja Calif. Sur , Isla de Carmen, Puerto Belandra 24-iii-1971 Vincent Lee ( CAS) ; Baja Calif. Sur, San Jose Del Cabo 17-vii-1971 H.G. Real, R.E. Main ( CAS) ; Baja Calif. Sur, Migrino 18-vii-1971 H.G. Real, R.E. Main ( CAS) ; Baja Calif. Sur, Isla San Jose, Mangrove thicket 5 pm–8 am 7–8 iv-1974 J.T. Doyen ( CAS) ; Baja Calif. Sur, Isla San Jose 1 mi. S. Punta Colorado 8–9 iv-1974 John T. Doyen ( CAS) ; Mex Baja Sur, San Sabastian Bahia San Nicholas Lat. 26’36” N. v-14- 75 P. DeBach ( UCR); Baja Calif. Sur, 32 Km. N. Cabo San Lucas to Todos Santos 26-x-1977 Breedlove ( CAS); Baja Cal. Mex., Loreto, 23’ 16”N. 4 Oct 1977 ( SDM) ; 25 mi. E. Todos Santos near La Burrera , 1829 m. 21-x-1977 D. & W. Breedlove ( CAS) ; 10 Km. SE. Mulege (sand dunes Km 126) 24-25-viii-1977 E. Fisher, R. Westcott ( CAS) ; 23 Km. W. La Paz , KM23 6-ix-1977 E. Fisher, R. Westcott ( CAS) ; Baja Cal. Mex. Loreto 2 mi. SW. 9 Dec 1977 G.W. Forbes ( SDM) ; Baja Calif. Sur, Las Barracas , malaise 2-v-1983, 13-vi-1983 P. DeBach ( UCR) ; Baja Calif. Sur, Las Barracas , pan trap 27-v-1985 P. DeBach ( UCR) ; Mx. Baja Calif. Sur, 25.5 mi. N.E. El Arco 2300’ 11–15 Dec 1987 N. Bloomfield ( SDM) ; Baja Cal. Sur, Sierra San Francisco San Gregario , 18 Oct 1997 D.K. Faulkner ( SDM) ; Baja Cal. Sur, Rancho Las Cruces , 6 Nov 1998 D.K. Faulkner ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX 2.1 mi. NNE, El Rosarito, San Nicolas Rd. , elev. 24m. 10 Apr 2018 J. Berrian, L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Las Gatas, Los Muertos beach, human feces, 12 Apr 2018 Stotelmyre, Berrian ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX Las Gatas, Ensenada de Las Muertos , 15 Apr 2018 M. Wall, J. Berrian, L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Las Gatas, Rancho San Martin , bait trap 12–16 Apr 2018 M.A. Wall, J.E. Berrian, L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX Guerrero Negro , bait trap R. norvegicus , 10–16 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX Loreto , bait trap R. norvegicus , 10–16 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; 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) ; Mx-BCX Punt Arena, coastal sand dunes bait trap, 10–18 Jan 2019 (L. Stotelmyre, ( SDM); Mx-BCX Cabo Pulmo, coastal sand dunes bait trap, 13–15 Jan 2019 (L. Stotelmyre, ( SDM); Mx-BCX Punta Arena , coastal sand dunes bait trap, 18 Jan 2019 (L. Stotelmyre, ( SDM).