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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 18-05-2006 17:58
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14350 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Here are several blue metallic flies found yesterday in Ostwestfalen/Germany on a meadow near a forest. Is it possible to restrict them to family or genus level? Thanks in advance! The first one seems - from the wing venation - to be a Calliphorid. It was slightly larger and much bluer than a typical Lucilia.  I'm not sure if this larger fly (13-15 mm) is a Calliphorid or perhaps a Tachinid:  The last one (sorry, bad picture) seems to be a Muscid (ca. 10 mm): 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 18-05-2006 18:41
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9511 Joined: 24.05.05 |
It isn't easy with this blue things. My idaes: 1. I can't choise between Protophormia terraenovae (pro - too dark and thorax looks flatterned) Lucilia sp. (pro - too white face and it becames too late for Protophormia). 2. I think Cynomyia mortuorum, Calliphoridae. But with atypicaly white (not yellow face). 3. I think you are right Dasyphora/Eudasyphora, Muscidae. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 18-05-2006 19:20
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14350 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Nikita! Nikita Vikhrev wrote: It isn't easy with this blue things. I know, I know... 1. I can't choise between Protophormia terraenovae (pro - too dark and thorax looks flatterned) Lucilia sp. (pro - too white face and it becames too late for Protophormia). Maybe all is a little bit late this year (we had a long winter until end of march here). The fly did not look like a typical Lucilia for me. 2. I think Cynomyia mortuorum, Calliphoridae. But with atypicaly white (not yellow face). Thanks, you may be right. That species is flying numerously here at the moment, but I only knew the typical individuals, yet: http://insektenfo...e)_008.jpg Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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