Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A Tachinidae

Posted by lweit on 23-04-2006 22:20
#1

This fly look like Phasia hemiptera but he have a dark point on the wings ??

Posted by ChrisR on 24-04-2006 10:52
#2

Looks like Ectophasia to me - a closely related genus, the commonest of which is E.crassipennis. Where and when was it seen? :)

Posted by Zeegers on 24-04-2006 21:01
#3

Chris is right: Ectophasia crassipennis, a male.

If you look closely, the topcel is open, whereas it is closed and stalked in Phasia. The genitalia, esp. female's, are very different as well.
Ectophasia looks like Phasia, but is actually closer to Clytomyia.
All in Tachinidae - Phasiinae.
There are 3 species of Ectophasia in Europe of which crassipennis is by far the most common one.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by lweit on 26-04-2006 08:46
#4

I've found this fly in North-East of France a little town near Metz, in july 2005
Thank you
Lweit