Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Blue fly
Posted by Isidro on 06-08-2007 18:05
#1
Pretty blue fly with reddish eyes.
Yesterday, Villanua, Huesca, Aragon, Spain. Medium Pyrenees mountain, some more than 900 meters high. Habitat: fir forest. Size and colour as a Calliphora but different-shaped.
Thanks ;)
Edited by Isidro on 06-08-2007 20:34
Posted by Isidro on 06-08-2007 20:34
#2
Its's very beautiful... nobody knows it?
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 06-08-2007 20:55
#3
Protophormia terranovae ?
Posted by Isidro on 07-08-2007 08:41
#4
Thanks Stephane... but it looks different for me. Protophormia terranovae feeds in dead animals and this one was in flowers. And the wings one above the other are not in this position in the images that I've found.
More opinions?
Posted by Susan R Walter on 07-08-2007 13:52
#5
Isidro
Protophormia larvae feed on carcasses, but the adults, like all Calliphorids, particularly males (which this is), will be found on umbellifers. Protophormia also often hold their wings much more tightly across their bodies than other Calliphorids. I think Stephane is pretty close with his ID.
Posted by Isidro on 07-08-2007 16:56
#6
Well. Thanks. But more opinions always are welcome :)
Posted by Zeegers on 07-08-2007 20:53
#7
This is a close relative, Protocalliphora male.
Protophormia is not that blue.
Protocalliphora is very common on Umbellifera in August. Protophormia is possibly quite rare on the Iberian peninsula.
There are several species of Protocalliphora, separated by male genitalia. By far the most common one is P. azurea.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Isidro on 08-08-2007 01:20
#8
Many thanks Theo!!!!
Posted by Susan R Walter on 08-08-2007 13:58
#9
So sorry - getting my Proto's mixed up - it's Protocalliphora that I get sometimes here in Essex, small, very glossy blue, with wings held tightly across the back.
Theo to the rescue once again :D