Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pollenia sp.? (Suggested by Rui Andrade)
Posted by Del on 02-04-2009 22:38
#1
Sorry for the prespective... It flew away :( Maybe a family ID is possible???
Location: Portugal
Edited by Del on 02-04-2009 22:45
Posted by Rui Andrade on 02-04-2009 22:40
#2
Maybe Pollenia sp. (Calliphoridae).
Posted by Del on 02-04-2009 22:45
#3
Thanks again!
Posted by Zeegers on 03-04-2009 09:42
#4
Pollenia no doubt
Theo
Posted by romunov on 04-04-2009 09:58
#5
How can you tell from this perspective?
Posted by Susan R Walter on 04-04-2009 17:23
#6
You can see that wing vein M is sharply bent and the fly has fine golden hair on the thorax. Quite a lot has worn off from the dorsal surface, but the sides are still thick with it. Also the brownish calypter fits Pollenia. Once you are looking for clues to it being Pollenia, you will also notice that you can just make out the tessellated abdominal pattern.
Posted by romunov on 06-04-2009 07:56
#7
I believe a lot of my specimens may be this genus, but I have yet to find a Calliphoridae key that fits my budget. :D
Thank you Susan, this one is a keeper, going to my ID bookmark!