Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Phania funesta male] - Tachinidae

Posted by Christine Devillers on 10-09-2009 20:22
#1

Could it be a male of Phania funesta ?
(about 5mm, Belgium, 9-9-2009)

Edited by Christine Devillers on 14-09-2009 21:32

Posted by Christine Devillers on 10-09-2009 20:22
#2

pic 2

Posted by Christine Devillers on 10-09-2009 20:23
#3

pic 3

Posted by Christine Devillers on 10-09-2009 20:23
#4

pic 4

Posted by ChrisR on 10-09-2009 22:46
#5

We can't (I think) eliminate the remote possibility of P.thoracica but it looks like Phania funesta to me :)

Edited by ChrisR on 10-09-2009 22:47

Posted by Christine Devillers on 13-09-2009 17:15
#6

Thanks,
I thought that the marginal bristles of tergite 3 and 4 were longer than those of thoracica (in the gallery, the bristles of thoracica seems to be shorter).
Chris or Theo, do you think it isn't possible to see the size of bristles on my pictures ?

Posted by Zeegers on 13-09-2009 20:20
#7

As far as I can tell, the main vibrissa is too long for any Phania other than funesta.

Not an answer to your question, and yet again...

Theo

Posted by Christine Devillers on 13-09-2009 21:05
#8

Thanks Theo :)

Edited by Christine Devillers on 14-09-2009 21:29