Chrysomya inclinata Walker 1861

This is one of three South African species with the anterior wing margin black/strongly infuscated.

• Anterior spiracle white
• Genae golden
• Proepimeral seta present
• Eyes in male touching; without demarcation between dorsal and ventral facets
• Eyes in female separated at vertex by about 0.5 times eye-width, but frons conspicuously narrowed on lower half, fronto-orbital plate entirely black
• Scutum totally bluish-black coloured

Distribution in southern Africa: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa (coast from KZN to Eastern Cape)

Habitat: thicket and forest

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/227856222

Photos of collection specimens:
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/collection-specimens/resource/05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb?q=chrysomya+inclinata&view_id=6ba121d1-da26-4ee1-81fa-7da11e68f68e&filters=genus%3Achrysomya%7ClifeStage%3Aadult%7Cfamily%3Acalliphoridae&field=associatedMediaCount&value=

References:

Lutz, L. Williams, K. a., Villet, M. H., Ekanem, M. Szpila, K. 2018. Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance. International Journal of Legal Medicine.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00414-017-1654-y

Irish, S. R., Lindsay, T, Wyatt, N. 2014. Key to Adults of Afrotropical species of the genus Chrysomya Robineau-Desvoidy. African Entomology 22(2)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276054123_Key_to_Adults_of_Afrotropical_Species_of_the_Genus_Chrysomya_Robineau-Desvoidy_Diptera_Calliphoridae

Richards, C. S., Williams, K. A., Villet, M. H. Predicting geographic distribution of seven forensically significant blowfly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in South Africa. African entomology 17.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kirstin-Williams/publication/228343040_Predicting_Geographic_Distribution_of_Seven_Forensically_Significant_Blowfly_Species_Diptera_Calliphoridae_in_South_Africa/links/00b4951b83a0079806000000/Predicting-Geographic-Distribution-of-Seven-Forensically-Significant-Blowfly-Species-Diptera-Calliphoridae-in-South-Africa.pdf

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