Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Id Stratiomyidae
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| aleix |
Posted on 20-07-2005 20:31
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Member Location: Catalonia Posts: 51 Joined: 20.07.05 |
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum. Can anyone help me with the id of this fly? It was photographed in Girona in Catalonia in June Thx in advance  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 20-07-2005 22:55
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is a female of Chloromyia formosa.
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| aleix |
Posted on 21-07-2005 18:26
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Member Location: Catalonia Posts: 51 Joined: 20.07.05 |
Thanks very much! In my guide only the male was depicted and it was quite different. Cheers, Aleix |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-07-2005 19:19
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Especially the colour of the abdomen can by quite variable when looking at both sexes.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 16-08-2006 12:41
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Tony Irwin on August 16 2006 - 13:06:09, As comment on the Photo when it was added to the Diptera Gallery: This seems to have rather yellow hind tarsi, which makes it more likely to be Chloromyia speciosa. The wings also appear to be quite darkened which would fit with this ID. Actually, I checked my key at the time (it was my identification) and that gave the colour of the mid and hind metatarsus for formosa as brownish and for speciosa as 'conspicuously yellowish'. I would call this brownish. Wing colour can be a bit tricky with some backgrounds. Yet a third character, the colour of the hairs above the antennae (black), speaks in favour of C. speciosa. Good catch, Tony. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-08-2006 15:10
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I often have difficulty with "brownish" and "yellowish".  So in this case, I checked my series of formosa . All of them had hind basitarsis the same colour as the dark (black, brownish) bit of the tibia. Some looked a bit pale from certain angles because of the pubescence, but in this photo, I think the yellow is ground colour rather than pubescence. Anyway, an excellent photo of a very lovely fly! 
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