Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which fly? (on Anthemis tinctoria) --> Bellardia vulgaris

Posted by eklans on 29-06-2021 08:55
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Good morning Tina, I'm quite sure it's a male Bellardia vulgaris:

The hairs on tergite 4 are much shorter than the marginals and the wing veins are more brownish - excludes B. viarum.
There's only one posteroventral bristle on tibia I - excludes B. pandia.

See: Steven Falk: Draft key to British Calliphoridae and Rhinophoridae, 2016