Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia #2 from 06.09.10 --> P. aurulans
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 01:08
#1
Hello!
An interesting 7-8 mm
Phasia from our garden (northwest Germany). No orange hairs at the thorax sides visible, but is this nevertheless
P. hemiptera (
var. obscura male?)?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 21:33
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 01:09
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Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 01:09
#3
Pic #3
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 01:09
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Pic #4
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 01:09
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Pic #5
Posted by ChrisR on 08-09-2010 09:14
#6
Looks like a rubbed
Phasia aurulans ... or maybe a very rubbed
aurigera. :)
Posted by Zeegers on 08-09-2010 18:19
#7
I agree with aurulans.
It might not be rubbed, but the dusting on thorax is very difficult to see in frontal view and very conspicuus in view from behind, as recently excellently illustrated by Ruth
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-09-2010 21:32
#8
Hello, Chris and Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
I agree with aurulans.
Very interesting, thanks! That is a new species for me.