Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rather large Phaonia (?) (23.10.08) --> P. cf. scutellata

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-10-2008 20:13
#1

Hello!

This one rested among several equal sized (12 mm) Polietes at a pile in our garden (northwest Germany). So I did not notice that it is likely no Polietes until I saw the photos. But what is it? Phaonia male?


1200x1200 picture:
http://www.foto-u...2mm_M2.jpg


Edit: I hope, it's not P. tuguriorum again... B). Would have been rather big for it.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-10-2008 22:21

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 28-10-2008 22:08
#2

It could be Phaonia scutellata this time, because the fronto-orbital plates are contiguous. But without a good shot of the head (profile), I don't want to guarantee anything.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-10-2008 22:21
#3

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
It could be Phaonia scutellata this time, because the fronto-orbital plates are contiguous. But without a good shot of the head (profile), I don't want to guarantee anything.


Thanks a lot anyway, Stephane!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-10-2008 20:55
#4

Hello, Stephane!

Stephane Lebrun wrote:
It could be Phaonia scutellata


Just one additional question: is Phaonia scutellata a synonym of another species? I can't find it in the german checklist.