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 Calliphoridae for ID
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| PeterD |
Posted on 05-12-2011 12:32
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Could anyone please help me ID these please? Location South Central England near Portsmouth. Date of images, early October 2011. #1  http://www.imagei...DxO-XL.jpg Resolved - Thanks #2  http://www.imagei...DxO-XL.jpg For help with ID please Thank you Edited by PeterD on 06-12-2011 00:37 Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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| tristram |
Posted on 05-12-2011 13:01
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
These don't look like Tachinidae. The first one looks like Muscidae and the second looks like a Calliphora sp (Calliphoridae). |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-12-2011 13:10
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Agreed ... the first has no bend in the median vein (very rare in tachinids) and has shaded rm & m-cu (rare in tachinids) so it is a muscid ... the second just looks like a Calliphora (big, blue, not very bristly, deep gena) so it must be a Calliphora  Would be better to post these in separate threads too - otherwise it gets confusing 
Edited by ChrisR on 05-12-2011 13:13 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| tristram |
Posted on 05-12-2011 13:15
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
For the first one, the dark markings on the wings and the small gap between the eyes seem to match a Phaonia errans male: http://www.dipter...ost_178403 Phaonia fuscata males have similar markings on their wings but the gap between their eyes is larger: http://www.dipter...oto_id=819 Change the title to attract the Muscidae experts. Edited by tristram on 05-12-2011 13:18 |
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| PeterD |
Posted on 05-12-2011 21:58
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Member Location: Portsmouth UK Posts: 297 Joined: 08.11.09 |
Thank you all for your replies and information. Greatly appreciated
Kind regards Peter www.imageinuk.com |
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