Phormia regina (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 : 16-17

Phormia regina (Meigen)

Musca regina Meigen, 1826: 58 Phormia regina: Hall, 1948: 161

Diagnosis. Genal dilation usually dark, with dark setae; head with dark vestiture; posterior margin of hind coxa bare or with weak setae; spiracle with orange lappets. A single widespread species in the Nearctic and Palearctic Regions.

Distribution. A single specimen of Phormia regina was collected in Bahamas from Eluethera Island, Rainbow Bay on Oct. 16, 1996 by J.R. Wiley (FSCA). This specimen was collected in a Malaise trap along with one Pollenia pediculata . J.R. Wiley (pers. comm.) has confirmed that the sample was not contaminated, so both species have evidently been introduced.