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Calliphoridae, male => Muscinae
Gansucha
Ukraine, Rivne region, on August 3.
There are two assumptions and I don't know which one to lean towards:
Lucilia eximia ? Protophormia terraenovae ?
ukrbin.com//files/48/Calliphoridae%2021.jpg
Edited by Gansucha on 20-04-2022 21:51
 
Zeegers
or a Muscidae …. Smile

Check the bend in wing venation !

Theo
 
eklans
Hi Victor, yes Muscidae: this male's frons seems to be very narrow, colour blue, scutum slightly dusted and I think it is probably a Pyrellia rapax.
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
Gansucha
Thank you very much Theo fnd Eric !
Apparently, I'm not learning to distinguish between Calliphoridae and Muscidae by wings without a visual image (Also among Muscidae, I saw a very similar representative:
Eudasyphora ...
Edited by Gansucha on 20-04-2022 15:19
 
eklans
It's not an easy task to id these metallic flies and in many cases you will not be absolutely sure from photos.
As a broad rule the M vein of Callophoridae has a sharp bow while the Muscidae's is obtuse-angled.
To be sure with Pyrellia/Eudasyphora you will nee a good photo of the thorax and the anterior postsutural intra-alar bristle: Pyrellia's is absent, Eudasyphora present.
I can recommend a nice book of 2021 from Olga Sivell with a section look-alikes where you can see the differences of the metallic flies (Calliphoridae, Tachinidae, Muscidae):
https://www.royen...rhiniidae/
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
Gansucha
Thanks for your reply, Eric! I'm afraid I just won't have time to figure it out. Now I'm just trying to upload all the photos I have from previous years - maybe someone will find it useful, there is just some uncertainty in the future.

Would it be correct in this case to sign Muscidae?
 
eklans
Yes, it's surely Muscidae, subfamily Muscinae. The 2 possible candidates are Pyrellia rapax and Eudasyphora cyanicolor.
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
Gansucha
Thank you, Eric !!!
 
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