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A blue Calliphorid photographed in Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK, on 2010-08-06.
I suspect it might be a female Melinda viridicyanea. Can anyone confirm this?

My suspicion is based on the following reasoning:

It looks very similar to this female M. viridicyanea:
http://diptera.in...to_id=2697

And to this Melinda sp:
http://diptera.in...d_id=41022

But the scutum seems too hairy and the cross-vein on the wing too straight for this female Protophormia terraenovae:
http://diptera.in...to_id=2132

There are only 2 Melinda sp on the UK list: M. viridicyanea and M. gentilis. The photos in the gallery suggest that gentilis is less blue the fly in my photos.