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Calliphoridae - Protophormia?
Sundew
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Posted on 22-06-2008 21:56
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 Hello,
Today I met this blueish-metallic fly with calliphorid wing venation in my garden. As to the arrangement of setae on the thorax it could be a Protophormia. What do you say?
Many thanks, Sundew
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Nikita Vikhrev
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 Sorry, neither Protophormia, nor Calliphoridae - Eudasyphora cyanicolor, Muscidae Wink
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 You need not be sorry, Nikita, I must - the fly looked so calliphoridish... Well, I don't count my errors and enjoy the knowledge of a new species instead! Grin
Many thanks indeed, Sundew
 
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