Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius)

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

Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius)

Musca macellaria Fabricius, 1775: 776 Callitroga macellaria: Hall, 1948: 138

Cochliomyia macellaria: Dear, 1985: 139

Diagnosis. Lower 1/3–1/2 of fronto-orbital plate with pale setulae outside row of frontal setae ( Whitworth 2006, fig. 53, left side); T5 usually with pronounced lateral areas of silvery microtomentum; postgenal setae usually pale yellow; female usually with yellowish basicosta; usually with two pairs of proclinate orbital setae (sometimes one or both sides have only one).

Distribution. Dear (1985) listed this species from numerous West Indies islands, and it is common in collections from the region. This species is common and widespread throughout the Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.