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 Melinda gentilis <-- Calliphoridae
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| Waldgeist |
Posted on 13-04-2020 00:32
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Member Location: Posts: 296 Joined: 07.09.19 |
Two Calliphorids, observed at the same location Austria, Scheiblingkirchen, 11th April 2020 The look like Calliphora sp, but have a fairly straight apical cross vein. #1 Waldgeist attached the following image:  [294.01Kb] Edited by Waldgeist on 18-04-2020 00:46 |
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| Waldgeist |
Posted on 13-04-2020 00:33
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Member Location: Posts: 296 Joined: 07.09.19 |
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Waldgeist attached the following image:  [293.26Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 13-04-2020 08:01
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19008 Joined: 21.07.04 |
but smaller than Calliphora ? I guess low altitude ? Thanks Theo |
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| johnes81 |
Posted on 13-04-2020 10:14
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 Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1980 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Hello Waldgeist, I've never seen such a deviation from proper wing venation with any Brachycera, so it is not a Calliphora. If you found a proper Calliphora with such an appearance, then it would be a loewi male. We can eliminate alot of Calliphoridae, so if we think about bluish Calliphoridae, then we end up at Melinda gentilis male. Alot of Calliphoridae have golden/pale hairs on the back of the head. I've not seen so many on Melinda but the entire fly is rather bright for a Calliphoridae. Meantime, the plant blade seems as it should measure about 10mm(?). M. gentilis will be between 6-7mm generally, thus smaller than the width of the plant blade. Visible features include a preapical on f2, posterior bristles on t2, black basicosta, 3 ac, 3 dc, 1+3 ia. Best wishes, John Edited by johnes81 on 13-04-2020 10:14 John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 13-04-2020 10:58
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19008 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The calypter is not darkened, at least not in the second photo. So it is either a Melinda or an alpine Calliphora, I think. My thoughts are Melinda as well.... Theo |
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| Waldgeist |
Posted on 13-04-2020 12:27
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Thank you, that makes things clear. At the same spot (muddy forest road in afternoon sun) I've observed also a few Cslliphora vomitoria. They looks very similar, but wing venation was different. |
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| Waldgeist |
Posted on 13-04-2020 20:50
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Member Location: Posts: 296 Joined: 07.09.19 |
Zeegers wrote: but smaller than Calliphora ? I guess low altitude ? Yes, a bit smaller than Calliphora, but that that much. Altitude is 450m. |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 21-08-2021 16:41
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
I think it is the same species as in my thread https://diptera.i..._id=102660. Here the bristles on T3 and T4 look long.
Edited by Xespok on 21-08-2021 16:45 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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