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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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blue bug - Compsomyiops callipes
Copyright © 2011 Don Loarie

blue bug - Compsomyiops callipes
Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California, USA
October 30, 2011
Size: 1 cm
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Contributed by Don Loarie on 31 October, 2011 - 9:43am
Last updated 17 May, 2018 - 7:47pm

Moved
Moved from Secondary Screwworm.
… John F. Carr, 17 May, 2018 - 7:47pm login or register to post comments

Is this not C. callipes?
According to Whitworth 2006, 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 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 19 November, 2011 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

...or Cochliomyia macellaria
I think I see a stripe on the thorax, so compare Cochliomyia macellaria.(1)
… John F. Carr, 1 November, 2011 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right
The dorsal thoracic stripes and yellow genae are distinctive.
… Ben Coulter, 14 November, 2011 - 12:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 31 October, 2011 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

Calliphora vicina?
Possibly Calliphora vicina.
… John F. Carr, 31 October, 2011 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

Fly
This is a fly, not a bug. Nice photo.
… Ilona L., 31 October, 2011 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

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