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Melinda viridicyanea
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 A blue muscid (I think) from SW Sweden today. 6-7 mm, long hairs on arista and bare eys. Is it possible to ID?

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 This is a female Melinda (Calliphoridae).
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 Many thanks!

After a look in Rognes (1991) I come to Melinda viridicyanea.

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