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 Blue Calliphorid ID? => Melinda sp
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| tristram |
Posted on 18-09-2011 18:53
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
A blue Calliphorid photographed in Barnard Castle, County Durham, UK, on 2010-08-06. I suspect it might be a female Melinda viridicyanea. Can anyone confirm this? My suspicion is based on the following reasoning: It looks very similar to this female M. viridicyanea: http://diptera.in...to_id=2697 And to this Melinda sp: http://diptera.in...d_id=41022 But the scutum seems too hairy and the cross-vein on the wing too straight for this female Protophormia terraenovae: http://diptera.in...to_id=2132 There are only 2 Melinda sp on the UK list: M. viridicyanea and M. gentilis. The photos in the gallery suggest that gentilis is less blue the fly in my photos. tristram attached the following image:  [157.64Kb] Edited by tristram on 18-09-2011 19:57 |
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| tristram |
Posted on 18-09-2011 18:55
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
A slightly different angle and focus:
tristram attached the following image:  [170.26Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-09-2011 19:37
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18820 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is a Melinda indeed and both are very similar. Colouration is not very constant in Calliphoridae, I would not rely on that. Theo |
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| tristram |
Posted on 18-09-2011 19:45
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Thanks Theo. I'll just call it a Melinda sp. then, and I'll remember that point about colouration. |
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