Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which Calliphoridae?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-12-2008 08:47
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Photographed in my garden in Mossbank, Shetland Isles. Enough visible to enable an ID?
Edited by Roger Thomason on 03-12-2008 08:43
Posted by Roger Thomason on 02-12-2008 08:48
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Pic 2
Posted by Susan R Walter on 04-12-2008 15:13
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Protophormia?
Posted by Zeegers on 04-12-2008 19:44
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My first impression was Protocalliphora. Protophormia is more likely on the Shetlands, I guess.
Theo
Posted by Susan R Walter on 04-12-2008 21:58
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The very wide frons and the apparent lack of dorsal thoracic bristles made me think
Protophormia.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 04-12-2008 22:44
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Hi Theo and Susan. Thanks for the input. The species on my Checklist are; C uralensis, C vicina, Bellardia viarum, B.vulgaris Cynomya mortuorum and finally P. terraenovae which looks the part ????
Regards Roger
Posted by Susan R Walter on 05-12-2008 13:48
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Terraenovae would be the only species of
Protophormia in the Shetlands. I don't think you are arctic enough for the only other species listed on FE.:)
Posted by Zeegers on 05-12-2008 16:16
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However, I have little doubt that Protophormia does occur on the Shetlands.
Theo