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Lucilia deceptor (Curran, 1934)

mosca, fly

Specimens primarily collected in littoral and dry zones.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Diptera

Suborder
Brachycera

Family
Calliphoridae

Genus
Lucilia

Species
deceptor

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn: pionia Curran (not Walker) 1932: 361; Phaenicia deceptor, fide James (1966).

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baltra, Caamaño, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Seymour.

References

  • Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
  • Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
  • Tantawi, T.I. Sinclair, B.J. (2013) An update of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Galápagos Islands, and first record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) from mainland Ecuador Zootaxa 3750 (3): 237–250
  • Tarek, I. Tantawi, Bradley, J. Sinclair (2013) An update of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Galápagos Islands, and first record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) from mainland Ecuador Zootaxa 3750 (3): 237–250

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lucilia deceptor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12409. Accessed 2 November 2026.