Taxonomy

Family: Calliphoridae

Subfamily: Luciliinae

Genus: Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Species: porphyrina (Walker 1850)

The third-instar larva was described by Erzinçlioglu (1984).

Biology

Lucilia porphyrina is a forest inhabitant, with the adults attracted to decaying animal matter. The present authors have captured the species in traps baited with sheep's liver and sodium sulphide. Suenega and Kurahashi (1995) and Tumrasvin et al. (1977) have investigated the life history of L. porphyrina.

Distribution

The species occurs in New South Wales and Queensland.

Relevant Literature

Erzinçlioglu, Y.Z. (1984) Studies on the morphology and taxonomy of the immature stages of Calliphoridae, with analysis of phylogenetic relationships within the family, and between it and other groups in the Cyclorrhapha (Diptera). Ph.D., University of Durham.

Kurahashi, H. (1987) The blow flies of New Guinea, Bismark Archipelago and Bougainville Island (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Tokyo, Entomological Society of Japan.

Suenega, O. and Kurahashi, H. (1995) Life cycle of an Oriental blow fly, Lucilia porphyrina (Walker) in Nagasaki, Western Japan. Tropical Medicine 37, 99-107.

Tumrasvin, W., Kurahashi, H. and Kano, R. (1977) Studies on medically important flies in Thailand II. Record of four species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Bulletin of Tokyo Medical and Dental University 24, 1-8.