Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Some more images from Japan nr 2

Posted by Xespok on 03-03-2005 05:01
#1

Some more images from Japan nr 2
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0199-1.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2005 09:37
#2

This is a calyptrate fly. The mesonotum appears to have dense yellowish curly hairs on it. In our part of Europe you will only find that in the calliphorid genus Pollenia. However, I do not know if there are any Pollenia species with an appearance like this (reddish eyes and yellowish brown abdomen).

Posted by Xespok on 03-03-2005 09:50
#3

There is a similar Calliphoridae species called Isomyia prasina.

But this fly looks quite different.
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0199-2.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2005 09:53
#4

What a beauty. It is indeed something very different. The mesonotum does not have those curly hairs but has a thin layer of dusting that, lucky ofr us, does not hide the beautiful colour underneath.

Posted by Zeegers on 04-03-2005 13:04
#5

I'm not an expert on Japanese fauna, but it looks like a Calliphoridae in or near the genus Rhynchomyia to me.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by Xespok on 14-03-2005 10:21
#6

This was recognized as a calliphorid species Dexopollenia flava Aldrich,1930 by some Japanese dipterists.