Posted by Rui Andrade on 03-12-2008 20:58
#1
On the last 2nd of December I found, in Barcelos (Portugal), this Phasia specimen. Maybe Phasia pusilla?
Isn't December too late for a Phasia:o?
Posted by ChrisR on 03-12-2008 21:11
#2
Looks like
Phasia pusilla (brown halteres & bare outside the frontal row) but maybe Theo can say more? :)
Posted by Zeegers on 04-12-2008 19:54
#3
It is indeed a male Phasia subgn. Hyalomyia.
There are many species and males are very similar, but for the reasons given by Chris I'd like to agree on pusilla.
Pusilla is found in october in Holland, so december 2th in Spain is late, but not surprisingly late.
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 04-12-2008 23:19
#4
Hi Chris and Theo!
Thank you for your help. I was a bit surprised by finding a Phasia specimen so late in the year, specially because it has been very cold in the last weeks. I caught the fly sweeping the grass and the fly practicaly didn't move due to the cold.