Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphoridae for ID
Posted by PeterD on 05-12-2011 12:32
#1
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
Posted by tristram on 05-12-2011 13:01
#2
These don't look like Tachinidae.
The first one looks like Muscidae and the second looks like a
Calliphora sp (Calliphoridae).
Posted by ChrisR on 05-12-2011 13:10
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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
Posted by tristram on 05-12-2011 13:15
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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
Posted by PeterD on 05-12-2011 21:58
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Thank you all for your replies and information. Greatly appreciated|t