Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: female Phasia? (22.09.10) --> P. aurigera
Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-09-2010 21:19
#1
Hello!
I always have difficulties with
Phasia females. This one (7-8 mm) is from our courtyard today (northwest Germany).
P. aurigera?
Edited by Juergen Peters on 22-09-2010 22:16
Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-09-2010 21:19
#2
Pic #2
Posted by ChrisR on 22-09-2010 21:21
#3
Phasia aurigera female would be my guess - I have never seen one but I can't think what else would have orange abdominal side patches - definitely not
P.hemiptera (no orange hair on the pleurae) and not
P.obesa/
aurulans :)
Edited by ChrisR on 22-09-2010 21:22
Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-09-2010 22:16
#4
ChrisR wrote:
Phasia aurigera female would be my guess - I have never seen one but I can't think what else would have orange abdominal side patches - definitely not P.hemiptera (no orange hair on the pleurae) and not P.obesa/aurulans :)
Thanks, Chris. Those orange markings were the reason, why I also thought it must have been
aurigera.
Posted by Zeegers on 23-09-2010 20:35
#5
Yes, it is aurigera female, very different from male, but very recognisable.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-09-2010 21:35
#6
Zeegers wrote:
Yes, it is aurigera female, very different from male, but very recognisable.
Thanks for the confirmation, Theo!