Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Protocalliphora? male [Protocalliphora azurea]
Posted by ekhohe on 16-09-2008 21:59
#1
this was with the previous post female. Finland, Lappeenranta, septemper, not collected, few more photo's left.
Edited by ekhohe on 18-09-2008 20:18
Posted by ekhohe on 16-09-2008 22:00
#2
Upside.
Posted by ekhohe on 16-09-2008 22:00
#3
Head.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 17-09-2008 13:47
#4
Short antennae, pre sutural acr present = Protocalliphora.
I note the wing bases are dark, and we have had a few examples of that in the last few months on the forum - I think I need to revise my 'Handy Tips on how to Distinguish Protocalliphora and Protophormia'
Posted by ekhohe on 17-09-2008 19:44
#5
Thanks Susan. Are your Handy Tips some where available for the public or just inside information?;)
Posted by Kahis on 18-09-2008 06:18
#6
According to Rognes' Fauna Ent. Scand. book this is
Protocalliphora azurea.
Posted by ekhohe on 18-09-2008 20:17
#8
Thanks Kahis for id and Susan for your Handy Tips.