Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phormia regina? (11.10.24) --> unsure
Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-10-2024 18:46
#1
Hello,
among many
Lucilias at my fruit baits in the courtyard (northwest Germany) there was this 8-9 mm male, which looked different. Maybe
Phormia regina?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 14-10-2024 17:22
Posted by eklans on 13-10-2024 09:35
#2
Hello Jürgen, the presutural acr seem to be too long (more like in Protocalliphora). Do you have a lateral view of this fly?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-10-2024 17:57
#3
eklans wrote:
Hello Jürgen, the presutural acr seem to be too long (more like in Protocalliphora). Do you have a lateral view of this fly?
Sorry, after this shot the fly was gone... :|
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-10-2024 20:09
#4
Hello once more,
I only know
Protocalliphora azurea from here, and the male looks quite different (pic #1 below), whereas the male
Phormia regina resembles the actual find (pic #2).
Protocalliphora azurea:
Phormia regina:
Posted by eklans on 14-10-2024 15:05
#5
Hello Jürgen, it's
not a Protocalliphora, but the achrosticals are more than "twice as long as hairs on thorax". I'm not an expert so I would need more characters to be sure: "pale hairs on upper calypter and anterior thoracic spiracle orange" (from Olga Sivell (2021): Blow flies)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-10-2024 17:22
#6
Hello Eric,
thanks a lot for your judgement of this fly. It's pity that I only have this photo. So it will remain Calliphoridae indet.