Lucilia sericata (Meigen)

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 : 32

Lucilia sericata (Meigen)

Musca sericata Meigen, 1826: 53

Phaenicia sericata: Hall, 1948: 259 Lucilia sericata: Whitworth, 2006: 721

Diagnosis. Male frons 0.13/6 (0.12–0.14) of head width; female frons 0.37/8 (0.35–0.40); basicosta orange; calypters white in both sexes; central occipital area with 2–5 setae below inner vertical seta ( Whitworth 2006, fig. 73).

Distribution. This species is quite common in the Nearctic Region. Woodley and Hilburn (1994) found it in Bermuda (USNM), though it was not found in the West Indies proper. It was found in nearby Mexico and Costa Rica . It is very close to L. cuprina ; see Whitworth (2006) for further discussion of characters.