The Synonymy and Distribution of Chrysomyia rufifacies (Macq.), an Australian Sheep Blowfly

Abstract

The Australian sheep “ blowfly ” Chrysomyia rufifacies, Macq., is shown by a study of chaetotaxy and the genitalia to be distinct from C. albiceps with which it has been considered identical. A discussion is given of the composite genus Chrysomyia and the genera into which Séguy has recently divided it. The synonymy of C. rufifacies is given and also the distribution of C. rufifacies, C. albiceps and C. putoria, the three species which Patton has considered synonymous.