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Tachinid? blue green shimmering => Bellardia viarum
Volker
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Posted on 24-09-2023 12:06
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Hello,

I photographed this fly in my garden today. The size was approximately 6-7 mm? Does it belong to the genus Tachinidae or to another genus? Is it possible to identify the species?

Greetings, Volker

Germany, Saarland, Bexbach, Garden, Absolute Altitude 250 m, 24.09.2023


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eklans
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Posted on 24-09-2023 12:21
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Hello Volker, I think it's a male Bellardia - quite likely a B. viarum.
Greetings, Eric
 
Volker
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Posted on 24-09-2023 13:13
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Hi Eric,

Thanks for your answer. Then it is not a tachinid but a blowfly. Should I write spec. or can you distinguish B. viarum from B. obsoleta, B. pandia, B. vespillo and B. vulgaris on the basis of my pictures?

Greetings, Volker
Edited by Volker on 24-09-2023 13:14
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Posted on 24-09-2023 14:28
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Cell R4+5 is open: excludes polita and obsoleta
Lower calypter is dark: excludes vespillo
Fore tibia has 1 pv bristle: excludes usually pandia

Veins are very dark and tergite 4 has many discals: usually excludes vulgaris
Greetings, Eric
 
Volker
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Hi eric,

Wonderful, thank you for the explanation TumbsUp

Greetings, Volker
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