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Identification of Calliphoridae to Species |
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| 1a. Basal section of wing vein R with long, thin setae on posterodorsal surface (Fig. 1) |
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| 1b. Basal section of wing vein R bare (Fig. 2) |
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| 2a. Gena yellow or orange, with mostly yellow hair; anterior spiracle pale (Fig. 3) | |
| 2b. Gena not yellow or orange; anterior spiracle mostly orange yellow (Fig. 4) | |
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| 3a. Bright curly yellow setae on sides of pleuron (Fig. 5) | |
| 3b. No bright curly yellow setae (Fig. 6) |
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| 4a. Lower calypter haired (Fig. 7); wing vein R5 ventrally bare beyond node (Fig. 8); thorax dull, pruinose (Fig. 9); abdomen shining, usually metallic blue (Fig. 10) |
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| 4b. Lower calypter bare (Fig. 11); wing vein R5 ventrally haired beyond node (Fig. 12); thorax and abdomen both shining, usually metallic green (Fig. 13 & 14) |
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Fig. 12 |
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| 5a. Bucca reddish on anterior half or more (Fig. 15); basicosta yellow to yellow orange (Fig. 16) | |
| 5b. Bucca entirely black (Fig. 17) ; basicosta black (Fig. 18) | |
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Fig. 17 |
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| 6a. Subcostal sclerite with conspicuous black hairs on apical half of ventral base of wing (Fig. 19) | |
| 6b. Subcostal sclerite with micropubescence only on apical half of ventral base of wing (Fig. 20) |
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| 7a. Basicosta black (Fig. 21), Palpus brown (darker at tip) (Fig. 22) | |
| 7b. Basicosta pale (Fig. 23); Palpus orange yellow (Fig. 24) |
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| 8a. Two pairs of postacrostichal bristles (Fig. 25) | |
| 8b. Three pairs of postacrostichal bristles (Fig. 26) | |
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**No Cochliomyia macellaria, Calliphora vicina, Calliphora vomitoria were |
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collected on or reared from the chicken** |
| Fly Anatomy |