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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Chrysomyinae » Compsomyiops » Compsomyiops callipes
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Colorful fly? - Compsomyiops callipes
Copyright © 2009 Ruth Gravanis

Colorful fly? - Compsomyiops callipes
San Francisco, Alemany Farm, San Francisco County, California, USA
October 17, 2009
Seen on dried-up willow leaf in riparian area, mid-day
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Contributed by Ruth Gravanis on 17 October, 2009 - 5:54pm
Last updated 26 August, 2020 - 11:17am

Moved
Moved from Secondary Screwworm.
… Even Dankowicz, 26 August, 2020 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

Why is this not C. callipes?
According to Whitworth 2006(1), Compsomyiops callipes differs from Cochliomyia by the brown calypter, clavate palp, and bend in M not closer to wing margin than dm-cu.

In terms of superficial appearance of validated specimens, Compsomyiops callipes seems to have a dark purple abdomen and darker scutum, versus the typically more tomentose scutum and more greenish abdomen in C. macellaria.
… Even Dankowicz, 14 May, 2018 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… v belov, 9 December, 2010 - 11:17pm login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 18 October, 2009 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Cochliomyia macellaria -- det. T.L. Whitworth
… v belov, 9 December, 2010 - 11:20pm login or register to post comments

ID
Calliphoridae, maybe Chrysomyia.
… Andy Calderwood, 17 October, 2009 - 9:25pm login or register to post comments

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