Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lucilia pionia
mosca, fly
This species ranges from the littoral to highland humid zones.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Calliphoridae
Genus
Lucilia
Species
pionia
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Musca pionia Walker, 1849, Phaenicia pionia (Walker, 1849)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Marchena, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santiago.
- 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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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 pionia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6594. Accessed 2 November 2026.