Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia hemiptera?
Posted by Tjitske Lubach on 22-07-2010 20:45
#1
Also today (21-07-2010) at our property (Saint Gilles, Indre, France) this very big Tachinid-fly. Must be Phasia hemiptera, male? Beautiful creature!
Edited by Tjitske Lubach on 22-07-2010 20:47
Posted by ChrisR on 22-07-2010 23:28
#2
Yes :)
Posted by Tjitske Lubach on 23-07-2010 17:13
#3
Thank you very much Chris!
By the way, could this be the female Phasia hemiptera? Pictures are bad but maybe well enough to ID?
Edited by Tjitske Lubach on 23-07-2010 17:42
Posted by Tjitske Lubach on 23-07-2010 17:43
#4
Dorsal:
Posted by ChrisR on 24-07-2010 00:01
#5
Looks like the female of
Ectophasia crassipennis :)
Posted by Tjitske Lubach on 24-07-2010 09:05
#6
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. :)
Posted by ChrisR on 24-07-2010 09:08
#7
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. :)