Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Phasia hemiptera?
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| Tjitske Lubach |
Posted on 22-07-2010 20:45
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Member Location: France, Indre, Saint-Gilles Posts: 177 Joined: 12.08.09 |
Also today (21-07-2010) at our property (Saint Gilles, Indre, France) this very big Tachinid-fly. Must be Phasia hemiptera, male? Beautiful creature!
Tjitske Lubach attached the following image:  [191.83Kb] Edited by Tjitske Lubach on 22-07-2010 20:47 Tjitske Lubach |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-07-2010 23:28
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Yes 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Tjitske Lubach |
Posted on 23-07-2010 17:13
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Member Location: France, Indre, Saint-Gilles Posts: 177 Joined: 12.08.09 |
Thank you very much Chris! By the way, could this be the female Phasia hemiptera? Pictures are bad but maybe well enough to ID? Tjitske Lubach attached the following image:  [191.56Kb] Edited by Tjitske Lubach on 23-07-2010 17:42 Tjitske Lubach |
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| Tjitske Lubach |
Posted on 23-07-2010 17:43
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Member Location: France, Indre, Saint-Gilles Posts: 177 Joined: 12.08.09 |
Dorsal:
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 24-07-2010 00:01
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks like the female of Ectophasia crassipennis
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Tjitske Lubach |
Posted on 24-07-2010 09:05
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Member Location: France, Indre, Saint-Gilles Posts: 177 Joined: 12.08.09 |
Difficult! I thougt this one was different from the other. She has completely black 'paws' and was bigger and more colourful. But I see in the gallery that P.hemiptera females have no colours on the wing. So that is not right. But as you said in the other thread, you need specimens for real ID. I'm afraid that will only happen if I find any dead animals. But if I ever do... I will send them over to you.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 24-07-2010 09:08
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
That's fine ... the differences between Phasia and Ectophasia are fairly clear on photos (wing venation is very different) but there are 2 close species of Ectophasia that cannot readily be split without examination under a microscope or some very clear/lucky photos of the male.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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