Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Blue fly
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| Isidro |
Posted on 06-08-2007 17:05
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Pretty blue fly with reddish eyes. Yesterday, Villanua, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Medium Pyrenees mountain, some more than 900 meters high. Habitat: fir forest. Size and colour as a Calliphora but different-shaped.   Thanks 
Edited by Isidro on 06-08-2007 19:34 |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 06-08-2007 19:34
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Its's very beautiful... nobody knows it? |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 06-08-2007 19:55
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Protophormia terranovae ?
Stephane. |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 07-08-2007 07:41
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Thanks Stephane... but it looks different for me. Protophormia terranovae feeds in dead animals and this one was in flowers. And the wings one above the other are not in this position in the images that I've found. More opinions? |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 07-08-2007 12:52
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Isidro Protophormia larvae feed on carcasses, but the adults, like all Calliphorids, particularly males (which this is), will be found on umbellifers. Protophormia also often hold their wings much more tightly across their bodies than other Calliphorids. I think Stephane is pretty close with his ID. Susan |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 07-08-2007 15:56
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Well. Thanks. But more opinions always are welcome  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-08-2007 19:53
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19233 Joined: 21.07.04 |
This is a close relative, Protocalliphora male. Protophormia is not that blue. Protocalliphora is very common on Umbellifera in August. Protophormia is possibly quite rare on the Iberian peninsula. There are several species of Protocalliphora, separated by male genitalia. By far the most common one is P. azurea. Theo Zeegers |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 08-08-2007 00:20
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Many thanks Theo!!!! |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 08-08-2007 12:58
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
So sorry - getting my Proto's mixed up - it's Protocalliphora that I get sometimes here in Essex, small, very glossy blue, with wings held tightly across the back. Theo to the rescue once again 
Susan |
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