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 Lucilia ID help
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| AndrewC |
Posted on 22-08-2009 17:19
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Member Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 20 Joined: 01.06.09 |
So I'm pretty sure it is a Calliphorid (edit) (calypters well developed, arista plumose) and female (eyes separate) but what else do I need to be sure that this is Lucilia caesar or is it something else ? Is the red ring at the base of the 3rd antenna segment significant ? What about the colouration around the base of the setae between the eyes at the top of its head (orbital bristles ?) ? The eyes were much brighter red when fresh. Specimen collected in Cape Cod, Eastern America. AndrewC attached the following image:  [104.66Kb] Edited by AndrewC on 22-08-2009 22:54 Thanks, Andrew |
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| AndrewC |
Posted on 22-08-2009 17:20
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Member Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 20 Joined: 01.06.09 |
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AndrewC attached the following image:  [80.39Kb] Thanks, Andrew |
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| AndrewC |
Posted on 22-08-2009 17:20
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Member Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 20 Joined: 01.06.09 |
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AndrewC attached the following image:  [105.39Kb] Thanks, Andrew |
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| AndrewC |
Posted on 22-08-2009 17:21
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Member Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 20 Joined: 01.06.09 |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 22-08-2009 22:01
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
AndrewC wrote: So I'm pretty sure it is a Muscidae (calypters well developed, arista plumose) and female (eyes separate) but what else do I need Not a Muscid but a Calliphorid. You need "Whitworth, T. 2006. Keys to the genera and species of Blow Flies of America" Proc Entomol Soc. Wash 108:9-725. Can be downloaded, but I don't have the URL at present. |
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| AndrewC |
Posted on 22-08-2009 22:40
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Member Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 20 Joined: 01.06.09 |
Tony T wrote: AndrewC wrote: So I'm pretty sure it is a Muscidae (calypters well developed, arista plumose) and female (eyes separate) but what else do I need Not a Muscid but a Calliphorid. You need "Whitworth, T. 2006. Keys to the genera and species of Blow Flies of America" Proc Entomol Soc. Wash 108:9-725. Can be downloaded, but I don't have the URL at present. Thanks, I'll follow that up and see where it leads me 
Thanks, Andrew |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 23-08-2009 00:27
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
.pdf HERE |
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| AndrewC |
Posted on 23-08-2009 14:34
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Member Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 20 Joined: 01.06.09 |
Apparently a Lucilia sericata according to Dr Whitworth. Perhaps not the best photo (middle leg separated at top of femur when I was trying to reposition it) but is this the meron and setae used to distinguish between Calliphorids and Muscids ? AndrewC attached the following image:  [89.09Kb] Thanks, Andrew |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 24-08-2009 16:12
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Yep.
Susan |
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