Thread subject: Diptera.info :: ID help, please?

Posted by jezlee on 15-07-2007 16:11
#1
Does anyone know what this metallic-looking fly is? :)

Posted by conopid on 15-07-2007 17:42
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Chloromyia formosa - male. Stratiomyidae (soldierfly).

Posted by jezlee on 15-07-2007 21:52
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conopid wrote:
Chloromyia formosa - male. Stratiomyidae (soldierfly).


Thanks, Nigel! By any chance, does the female of this species have a blue-green abdomen?

Posted by Kahis on 16-07-2007 08:02
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jezlee wrote:
conopid wrote:
Chloromyia formosa - male. Stratiomyidae (soldierfly).


Thanks, Nigel! By any chance, does the female of this species have a blue-green abdomen?


Yes, this species is sexually dimorphous exactly as you describe.

Posted by jezlee on 16-07-2007 10:26
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Kahis wrote:
Yes, this species is sexually dimorphous exactly as you describe.


Thanks, Kahis ... I was going to post that picture as well, but you have solved the mystery for me! :)