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Identification of Calyptrate Diptera to Family |
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| 1a. Meron with bristles, located between hind coxa and posterior spiracle (Fig.1) |
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| 1b. Meron without bristles, located between hind coxae and posterial spiracle (Fig. 2) |
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Fig. 1 |
Fig. 2 |
| 2a. Bright metallic colored (Fig. 3) | |
| 2b. Not bright metallic colored (Fig. 4) |
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Fig. 3 |
Fig. 4 |
| 3a. Yellow curly setae on sides of pleuron (lateral side of thorax) (Fig. 5) | |
| 3b. No yellow curly setae (Fig. 6) |
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Fig. 5 |
Fig. 6 |
| 4a. Plumose arista (Fig. 7) |
Sarcophagidae |
| 4b. Bare arista (Fig. 8) |
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Fig. 7 |
Fig. 8 |
| 5a. Subscutellum on ventral apical underside of scutellum, well developed (Fig. 9) |
Tachinidae |
| 5b. No Subscutellum on ventral apical underside of scutellum (Fig. 10) |
Sarcophagidae |
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Fig. 9 |
Fig. 10 |
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6a. With different sized calypters, lower calypter is larger (Fig. 11); no hair on ventral surface of scutellum (Fig. 12); wing vein A1+CuA2 does not reach the margin of wing (Fig. 13) |
Muscidae |
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| 6b. Calypters are approximately the same size or lower calypter is smaller (Fig. 14); hair on ventral side of scutellum (Fig. 15); wing vein A1+CuA2 reaches margin of wing (Fig. 16) |
Anthomyiidae |
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Fig. 11 |
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Fig. 12 |
Fig. 15 |
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Fig. 13 |
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** No Anthomyiids or Tachinids were collected on or reared from the chicken** |
| Fly Anatomy |