Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphoridae ID (Mauritius)
Posted by ESant on 09-07-2024 13:14
#1
Hello,
I photographed this fly in Balaclava, Mauritius, on April 21st 2024. I think it is a
Lucilia, but is it possible to say something about its species from these photos?
Thank you in advance,
Emanuele
Edited by ESant on 09-07-2024 22:42
Posted by ESant on 09-07-2024 13:14
#2
Photo 2:
Posted by ESant on 09-07-2024 13:14
#3
Photo 3:
Posted by John Carr on 09-07-2024 17:07
#4
If it has only two pairs of postsutural acrostichals it is not either of the common synanthropic species
Lucilia sericata and
L. cuprina. It might be a different genus.
Posted by ESant on 09-07-2024 22:41
#5
Thank you John! If not
Lucilia, I wonder if it may be a
Hemipyrellia instead. What do you think?
Posted by John Carr on 09-07-2024 23:14
#6
ESant wrote:
Thank you John! If not Lucilia, I wonder if it may be a Hemipyrellia instead. What do you think?
I thought about
Hemipyrellia. I do not know the genus well enough to judge.
Lucilia is very common where I live. We do not have
Hemipyrellia at all in the continental USA.