Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphoridae? --> Nope, Muscidae

Posted by Jan Willem on 22-05-2020 09:25
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"NETHERLANDS: NB, Udenhout, de Brand, 25.iv-2.v.2020, malaise trap"

I not sure where this specimen, functioning as transportation for a Phthiraptera, belongs. Lacking large bristles at the last abdominal segments, I'm inclined to call this a calliphorid, but I'm not sure at all.
The specimen is photographed while floating in alcohol.
Edited by Jan Willem on 22-05-2020 14:03

Posted by Jan Willem on 22-05-2020 09:27
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Posted by Jan Willem on 22-05-2020 09:28
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Posted by Jan Willem on 22-05-2020 14:07
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I totally skipped the option Muscidae. Now it was pointed out as an option to me, and I was told to check the hypopleurals, it became clear that without hypopleurals being present, Calliphoridae is not an option.
Could it even be 'just' Musca domestica?

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 22-05-2020 20:01
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Jan, is it in alcohol?
If so, I think Musca is correct.

Posted by Jan Willem on 22-05-2020 21:49
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Hello Nikita,
Yes, when taken the pictures, the specimen was floating in alcohol, which of course has an effect on the colors.