Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Calliphora vomitoria? -> C. grahami
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 01-02-2020 12:58
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Member Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 90 Joined: 10.01.20 |
Hi all: This fly was collected on March 31st, 2019 in Shanghai, China. Is it a Calliphora vomitoria? Thanks in advance! kevin_cheng attached the following image:  [246.34Kb] Edited by kevin_cheng on 05-02-2020 12:44 |
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 01-02-2020 12:59
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Member Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 90 Joined: 10.01.20 |
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 01-02-2020 13:01
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Member Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 90 Joined: 10.01.20 |
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 01-02-2020 13:02
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 01-02-2020 18:56
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7350 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I am uncertain exactly which species of Calliphora you have in China, but this one looks more like Calliphora vicina (the hair on the jowls is black, and the anterior spiracle is orange).
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 02-02-2020 02:51
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Member Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 90 Joined: 10.01.20 |
Thank you Tony! C. vicina and C. vomitoria are listed as the two commonest species in the genus for Shanghai, so I think I will stick with C. vicina! Kevin |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-02-2020 08:20
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19319 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Hold tour horses ! The vertex is too broad for male vicina and the calypter is not darkened, so there is no way this is vicina (or vomitoria). It is very likely one of those eastern palaearctic species. I need to check the literature. Theo |
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 02-02-2020 10:46
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Member Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 90 Joined: 10.01.20 |
Thank you Zeegers for pointing it out! I'll also research about this genus in our region  Meanwhile I'll hold back any species-level ID Kevin |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 05-02-2020 10:54
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19319 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is the male of C. grahami for the reasons given. Theo |
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| kevin_cheng |
Posted on 05-02-2020 10:56
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Member Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 90 Joined: 10.01.20 |
Hi Zeegers: Thanks a lot! Kevin |
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