Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lucilia sp ? -->L. sericata, female
Posted by pat_der2003 on 22-05-2009 18:59
#1
i think it could be a Lucilia sp.
if so, and even on the contrary, is it possible to go further with those pictures ?
Paris area, may 21 2009.
Edited by pat_der2003 on 02-06-2009 17:49
Posted by pat_der2003 on 22-05-2009 19:00
#2
a side view
Posted by pat_der2003 on 01-06-2009 22:10
#3
i raise it up :)
no one for Lucilia sp confirmation ?
it was so big i was sure to get a positive ID ... :|
Posted by Pietro on 01-06-2009 22:41
#4
Lucilia richardsi???
Posted by Susan R Walter on 02-06-2009 06:36
#5
No, it's
L. sericata, female. Pale basicosta, 3 post acr, dusting divides down the middle of the abdomen, 1 ad on t2.
Posted by pat_der2003 on 02-06-2009 17:51
#6
Many many thanks Susan !! :D
it's the first time i get a sp ID for those green flies !!
Edited by pat_der2003 on 02-06-2009 17:52
Posted by Pietro on 02-06-2009 21:47
#7
Excuse me Susan,
doesn't black and not yellow palpus have diagnostic value?
Thanks in advance for your explanation.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 19-07-2009 16:45
#8
Hi Pietro
Palp colour is useful, but difficult in photos. The palp may not be yellow, but brown and still be OK for L. sericata. The key characters here are: heavily dusted with a clear division on the median line of the abdomen (L. richardsii is very shiny and lightly dusted); very wide frontalia (L. richardsii narrower, especially the orbitals).