Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Green fly
Posted by Carnota on 22-01-2007 23:00
#1
Please, could you tell me something about this fly?
In
Quercus pyrenaica forest. Near Ourense, NW Spain. 10-november-2006. Size 9mm.
Edited by Carnota on 22-01-2007 23:02
Posted by Carnota on 22-01-2007 23:03
#2
Another view
Posted by Carnota on 22-01-2007 23:04
#3
Another
Posted by Carnota on 22-01-2007 23:05
#4
Last
Posted by crex on 23-01-2007 07:58
#5
Lucilia sp (Calliphoridae)!? Let's hear the experts sing their songs ...
Posted by Zeegers on 23-01-2007 18:33
#6
Can't tell, it's either Lucilia or Chrysomyia.
For unscientific reasons, I've got the impression it is the last one.
To be sure, need to get a good pic of the veins in the base of the wing from above.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Carnota on 23-01-2007 21:09
#7
Hello Theo and crex
Thanks for your comments :)
Unfortunately part of the wings are under the scutellum. Here is an image from above. If you need more I can humidify this specimen in order to extend the wings.
Edited by Carnota on 23-01-2007 23:22
Posted by Carnota on 23-01-2007 21:12
#8
And there an image from below
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 09-03-2007 23:34
#9
I vote for Lucilia. Chrysomya (at least Ch. albiceps which may be in NW Spain) has always dark bends on tergites edges.
Posted by Zeegers on 10-03-2007 10:07
#10
I agree with Nikita.
It's Lucilia, though probably not the most common species
Theo
Posted by Susan R Walter on 10-03-2007 13:02
#11
Carnota
I am not at all expert with Lucilia, but I have been trying to make sense of this genera recently. Your specimen seems to have 3 pairs of post sutural acrostichals, so that gives you a choice of
L richardsi,
L regalis, L magnicornis, L sericata and L silvarum.. (Look on the right - I think it has lost a bristle on the left.)
Theo - I'd be interested to know what the common species are - apparently *not*
L caesar, even though it is the one always featured in the general guides. I have come to the conclusion that the common species for me is
L richardsi, but don't have enough experience yet to be sure.
Posted by Carnota on 11-03-2007 21:50
#12
Thank you to all
Carnota
Posted by Xespok on 12-03-2007 09:04
#13
Based on the literature that i have L. sericata seems to be the commonest species in Central Europe. It seems to be more common in and around habitations thatn L. caesar.
Posted by Zeegers on 12-03-2007 10:52
#14
I think Gabor is right.
However, I'm way out of my own league, so your experience is better than mine
Theo