Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lucilia silvarum ID? => Melinda cf. viridicyanea

Posted by runetk on 01-01-2022 13:20
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I have tried to key this with: Test key Steven Falk 2016
And think it is clearly a M. viridicyanea
ref: https://www.diptera-in-beeld.nl/key%20(draft)%20to%20British%20Blowflies%20Steven%20Falk%20132016.pdf

Norwegian species:
Melinda gentilis
Melinda viridicyanea

Keying (excluding M.gentilis):
absent Presutural intra-alar bristles (check picture)
Palp black, abdomen longer than the with.
result: Melinda viridicyanea

Edited by runetk on 01-01-2022 13:21