Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phthiria sp.

Posted by Carlo Monari on 14-09-2025 17:35
#1
Body lenght should be around 6 mm. Photo taken in Tuscany, Italy, altitude 280 m asl. Is it determinable at species level?
Edited by Carlo Monari on 25-09-2025 16:14

Posted by eklans on 14-09-2025 18:35
#2
Buona sera Carlo, I think it's a Phthiria sp., but not P. minuta. Maybe P. vagans or P. gaedii?

Posted by Carlo Monari on 15-09-2025 12:18
#3
Thanks Eric, yes, Phthiria fits much better.. I don't have reliable keys for italian/mediterranean Bomblyliidae; do you have anything to suggest?

Posted by eklans on 15-09-2025 15:49
#4
Hello Carlo,
for researching Bombylidae and other diptera of the Mediterranean region I use:

Galerie du Monde de Diptéres: https://galerie-i...ae_01.html

Website of Alain Ramel: http://aramel.fre...r-11.shtml

A. KATBEH-BADER & S. ARABYAT (2002): The bee flies of Jordan, download here: https://www.zobod...3-0384.pdf

and Phthiria sp. key for Swiss fauna: https://scnat.ch/...and_6_2013