Calliphora

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 : 7-8

Key to the species of Calliphora of the West Indies

1. Basicosta yellow to orange ........................................................................................................................................... 2

- Basicosta dark brown to black ............................................................mainland Calliphora species, not keyed further.

2. Genal dilation with reddish ground color on anterior half or more; katepisternal formula 2:1 ( Fig. 8 ); male frons narrow, 0.075 head width; not collected in the West Indies to date ...................................................................... C . vicina

- Genal dilation wholly dark; katepisternal formula 1:1 ( Fig. 9 ), male frons broad, 0.29 (0.28–0.30/5) head width, slightly narrower than width of eye; known only from Cuba, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic ...... C . maestrica

Figures

FIGURES 8 – 13. 8. Calliphora vicina, katepisternal formula 2: 1. 9 – 13. Calliphora maestrica. 9. katepisternal formula 1: 1. 10. Posterior view of male genitalia. 11. Left lateral view of genitalia; abbreviations, Phal = phallus, Post = postgonite, Pre = pregonite, Sur = surstylus. 12. Left lateral view of phallus. 13. Dorsal view of phallus.