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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia » Lucilia illustris

Species Lucilia illustris

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Blow Fly? - Lucilia illustris - female Green Fly - Lucilia illustris fly - Lucilia illustris - female Blow Flies Lucilia illustris - Lucilia illustris Blow Flies Lucilia illustris - Lucilia illustris - male Unidentified Blow Fly - Lucilia illustris - female Calliphora - Lucilia illustris - male Green Fly - Lucilia illustris - 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
Species illustris (Lucilia illustris)
Explanation of Names
Lucilia illustris (Meigen 1826)
Identification
has black setae on the subcostal sclerite on ventral surface of wing (requires ~50x magnification); all other NA Lucilia spp. have only fine pubescence in that area(1)
Range
holarctic; widespread and common in Canada & n. US, to CA-AZ-MO-IN-SC(1); n. Mexico(2)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Thompson F.C., Pape T., Evenhuis N.L. (2013) Systema Dipterorum, Version 1.5
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 29 May, 2008 - 6:46pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 18 March, 2017 - 1:45pm

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