Lucilia sericata ( Meigen 1826 )
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Lucilia sericata ( Meigen 1826 ) |
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Lucilia sericata ( Meigen 1826) View in CoL
Musca sericata Meigen, 1826: 53 . Type location: Austria.
Musca nobilis Meigen, 1826: 56 . Senior synonym; junior primary homonym, preoccupied by Musca nobilis Gmelin, 1790: 2829 , unjustified/unnecessary new replacement name for Thereva nobilitata ( Fabricius, 1775: 757) View in CoL ( Therevidae View in CoL ).
Chrysomya capensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 451 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Musca tegulari a Wiedemann, 1830: 655. Junior synonym.
Lucilia pruniosa Meigen, 1838: 294 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Lucilia flavipennis Macquart, 1844: 139 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Musca lagyra Walker, 1849: 885 . Junior synonym.
Lucilia latifrons Schiner, 1861: 590 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Phaenicia concinna Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: 778 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Lucilia sayi Jaennicke, 1867: 375 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Lucilia frontalis Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891: 420 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Lucilia barberi Townsend, 1908: 121 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Lucilia giraulti Townsend, 1908: 121 View in CoL . Junior synonym.
Distribution: Cosmopolitan. Recorded abundantly from all continents. Probably the most common blow fly worldwide, certainly, the most common fly encountered indoors by homeowners in California.
Remarks: This is the common green bottle or English sheep fly. Though primarily a carrion feeder, the larvae are commonly involved in wound myiasis and are important in certain parts of the world, including California, as producers of sheep strike. Some strains seem much more inclined to a parasitic existence than others; in fact, it was chiefly nonvirulent strains of this fly that were used in maggot therapy. Adults freely enter houses and other buildings, where they may contaminate food. ( James 1955), reported it from 35 out of 58 California counties.
Material examined: BAJA CALIFORNIA: San Felipe 5-iii-1963 P.H. Arnaud Jr. ( CAS) ; 0.5 mi. N. San Vicente 21-iv-1963 Leach & Arnaud ( CAS) ; Arroyo Santo Domingo 5.7mi. E. Hamilton Ranch 23-iv-1963 Leach & Arnaud ( CAS) ; N. foot Red Rock , Hamilton Ranch 24-iv-1963 Leach & Arnaud ( CAS) ; 27.8 mi. S. Tijuana, iii-24- 64 M. E. Irwin ( UCR) ; Punta Piedia, N. of Ensenada ix-1-65 seashore S.&S. Frommer ( UCR) ; Dump N. of Bahia de Los Angeles , x dead Lamna ditropis 3-v-1968 Richard P. Papp ( CAS) ; Turnoff Mex Hwy 1, 3km. S. Ensenada coastal dunes 18-vii-1977 D. Weissman & C. Mullenex ( CAS) ; Isla de Cedros, vic. Cerro de Cedros , 3 Apr 1983 ( SDM) ; 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, Rio Hardy , San Felipe, Representative voucher specimens 2017–19 Ketzaly Munguia-Ortega ( ECSR) ;
BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo Group, iv-30-55 McDonald & Blodget ( LACM);
La Paz , el. 25ft. 5 May 1969 Stanley C. Williams ( CAS) ; Mx. Isla De Guadeloupe, SE End Village Cyn. 23 Apr 1984 D.K. Faulkner ( SDM) ; Mx. San Benedicto Island, Herrera Crater , 600’ 15 Apr 1987 D.K. Faulkner ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX Cabo Pulmo , coastal sand dunes bait trap, 13–15 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX Guerrero Negro , bait trap R. norvegicus , 10–16 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) ; Mx-BCX San Ignacio , bait trap R. norvegicus , 10–16 Jan 2019 L. Stotelmyre ( SDM) .
Brauer, F. & Bergenstamm, J. E. von (1891) Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. V. [The Diptera of the Imperial Museum in Vienna V.] Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae). Pars II. Denkschrift der Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 58, 305 - 446.
Fabricius, J. C. (1775) Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorvm classes, ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibvs, observationibvs. Kortii, Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [Flensburg and Leipzig], 832 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 36510
Gmelin, J. F. (1790) Regnum Animale. Pt. 5. In: Caroli a Linne, Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata [13 th Edition]. Vol. 1. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig], pp. 2225 - 3020.
Jaennicke, J. F. (1867) Neue exotische Dipteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 6, 311 - 408.
James, M. T. (1955) The Blowflies of California (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 4 (1), 1 - 34.
Macquart, P. J. M. (1844) Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxieme. - 3 e partie. 1843, Roret, Paris, 304 pp.
Meigen, J. W. (1826) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. XII. Funfter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann, Hamm, 412 pp.
Meigen, J. W. (1838) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Siebenter XII. Theil oder Supplementband. Schultz, Hamm, 434 pp.
Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les myodaires. Memoires presentes par divers savans a l'Academie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathematiques et Physiques), 2 (2), 1 - 813.
Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1863) Histoire naturelle des dipteres des environs de Paris. Tome Second. Masson et Fils, Paris, 920 pp.
Schiner, I. R. (1861) n. k. In: Fauna Austriaca. 1862 Theil I. Heft 6 / 7. I. R. Shiner, Wien, pp. 441 - 656.
Townsend, C. H. T. (1908) The taxonomy of the muscoidean flies, including descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 51, 1 - 138.
Walker, F. (1849) n. k. In: List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. British Museum of Natural History, London. pp. 689 - 1172.
Wiedemann, C. R. W. (1830) Aussereuropaische zweiflugelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Zweiter Theil. Schulz, Hamm, Xii + 684 pp.
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Lucilia sericata ( Meigen 1826 )
| Stotelmyre, Lyle Magee 2024 |
Lucilia barberi
| Townsend, C. H. T. 1908: 121 |
Lucilia giraulti
| Townsend, C. H. T. 1908: 121 |
Lucilia frontalis
| Brauer, F. & Bergenstamm, J. E. von 1891: 420 |
Lucilia sayi
| Jaennicke, J. F. 1867: 375 |
Phaenicia concinna
| Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. 1863: 778 |
Lucilia latifrons
| Schiner, I. R. 1861: 590 |
Musca lagyra
| Walker, F. 1849: 885 |
Lucilia flavipennis
| Macquart, P. J. M. 1844: 139 |
Lucilia pruniosa
| Meigen, J. W. 1838: 294 |
Chrysomya capensis
| Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. 1830: 451 |
Musca tegulari
| Wiedemann, C. R. W. 1830: 655 |
Musca sericata
| Meigen, J. W. 1826: 53 |