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Calliphoridae ID (Mauritius)
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Hello,

I photographed this fly in Balaclava, Mauritius, on April 21st 2024. I think it is a Lucilia, but is it possible to say something about its species from these photos?

Thank you in advance,
Emanuele
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If it has only two pairs of postsutural acrostichals it is not either of the common synanthropic species Lucilia sericata and L. cuprina. It might be a different genus.
 
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Thank you John! If not Lucilia, I wonder if it may be a Hemipyrellia instead. What do you think?
 
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ESant wrote:
Thank you John! If not Lucilia, I wonder if it may be a Hemipyrellia instead. What do you think?


I thought about Hemipyrellia. I do not know the genus well enough to judge. Lucilia is very common where I live. We do not have Hemipyrellia at all in the continental USA.
 
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