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 Lucilia illustris
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| Tony T |
Posted on 20-05-2008 12:35
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
I'm keying out a small metallic Calliphorid and am stuck at one couplet: Is the middle of the proepisternal depression bare or setose in this fly? EDIT: Identified by Dr. Terry Whitworth; subject title changed to species name Tony T attached the following image:  [181.39Kb] Edited by Tony T on 28-05-2008 01:28 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 20-05-2008 17:15
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7284 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Looks setose to me! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 20-05-2008 19:53
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks, next step: 16 May 2008, NB Canada. Length 8mm. Is this a Lucilia sp.? Using Whitworth 2006: it has these character states: 1] Basal section of stem vein bare above 2] Middle of proepisternal depression setose, body shining metallic blue green 3] Thorax and abdomen shining green, blue or bronze; lower calypter bare above .. Lucilia Then: 1] Subcostal sclerite on venter of wing with pubescence only (no wiry black setulae) 2] Palpi orange 3] 2 postsutural acrostichal setae 4] Basicosta yellow or orange .......... coeruleviridis southern, reaching Maryland ...........clavia. as far north as North Carolina I'm hundreds of Kms north of Maryland and probably 1000 Km north of North Carolina Tony T attached the following image:  [165.92Kb] |
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