Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ? ->Phasia
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 01-08-2010 12:18
#1
Hi,
can anyone suggest a species this fly?
I take the photo on 1 August 2010 Kokkola, Finland.
Regards Pentti
Edited by Pentti Ketola on 24-12-2010 07:03
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 01-08-2010 12:19
#2
lateral.
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 01-08-2010 12:19
#3
head.
Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2010 12:44
#4
Looks like a female of
Phasia obesa or
aurulans to me but I am not sure which one it could be :)
Posted by Zeegers on 01-08-2010 17:24
#5
that's what I thought, till the last picture, which strongly suggests barbifrons.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 01-08-2010 18:10
#6
In that case it would have been nice to know the size :D
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 01-08-2010 18:40
#7
ChrisR wrote:
In that case it would have been nice to know the size :D
The same size as P. aurulans. :D
Posted by Zeegers on 03-08-2010 13:14
#8
And that is what is is.
The dusting on thorax of female aurulans is only visible from behind, in other angles it is invisible. So we have been tricked !
The mouthmargin is much too much projecting for barbifrons, moreover, the wing base is strongly yellow, whereas it is slightly infuscated in barbifrons.
Theo
Posted by Pentti Ketola on 03-08-2010 14:02
#9
lateral2.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-08-2010 15:29
#10
Sorry for the typo 'is is ' read 'it is'
Theo