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Genus Lucilia

Which fly is this, please? - Lucilia sericata - female Blow Fly - Lucilia Lucilia coeruleiviridis - female Green Blow Fly Close Ups (face) - Lucilia mexicana - female Lucilia ? - Lucilia cuprina Calliphoridae - Blow Flies Genus Lucilia - Lucilia green fly - Lucilia - male Male, Bronze Bottle Fly? - Lucilia - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Calliphoridae (Blow Flies)
Genus Lucilia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phaenicia Robineau-Desvoidy 1863
Explanation of Names
Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830
Numbers
12 spp. in our area(1), >160 total
Identification
key to spp. in(2)
key to eastern Canadian species in (3)
Range
Cosmopolitan
Remarks
the only genus of the subfamily Luciliinae found in the continental US(1)
See Also
Neomyia cornicina (Muscidae) is similar but has fewer acrostichal bristles. Typically has more green on head as well:
Works Cited
1.Blow flies of North America: Keys to the subfamilies and genera of Calliphoridae, and to the species of the subfamilies...
Jones N., Whitworth T., Marshall S.A. 2019. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 39: 1-191.
2.Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of America north of Mexico
Whitworth T.L. 2006. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 108: 689–725.
3.Blow flies (Diptera;Calliphoridae) of eastern Canada with a key to Calliphoridae subfamilies and genera of eastern North America
Marshall S.A., Whitworth T., Roscoe L. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 11: 1-93.