Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lucilia eximia
Blow fly
This is the most common and widespread species of the genus in the Neotropical Region, and is known to breed in carrion (Tantawi & Sinclair 2013).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Lucilia
Species
eximia
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1989
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- 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 eximia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18020. Accessed 3 November 2026.