Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anyone for this fly?
Posted by Asilus on 23-01-2006 12:46
#1
Is this a calliphorid?
Edited by Asilus on 23-01-2006 12:48
Posted by Kahis on 23-01-2006 15:00
#2
Nice photo! It's calliphorid, could well be
Calliphora. From which country was this fly collected? Since most of us here at diptera.info are (at the moment) central or north european we tend to assume any flies are from this region; if this is for example a Australian fly my guess is totally worthless.:|
Posted by Andrius on 23-01-2006 15:56
#3
It could also be
Cynomyia - their abdomen has more mettalic color than
Calliphora. Anyway, Kahis suggestion is worth considering ;)
Posted by Kahis on 23-01-2006 16:56
#4
Andrius is right. I recalled
Cynomya as having an all-yellow head, but I was wrong ->
Cynomya mortuorum.
Posted by Asilus on 24-01-2006 08:07
#5
Thank you for your replies. The fly is collected in Norway.
Edited by Asilus on 24-01-2006 08:22
Posted by Zeegers on 24-01-2006 20:48
#7
somehow my post got lost,
but this is definitely Cynomyia mortuorum.
No question.
Only Calliphorini without greyish tomentum on the abdomen.
(Of course, you have Lucilia and Chrysomyia in other tribes, all very different).
Theo Zeegers