Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia species
Posted by Ruth Ahlburg on 26-09-2007 19:41
#1
Seen 21 september 2007 in Denmark in my garden close to hardwood forest.
Is it possible to identify what species?
Best
Ruth Ahlburg
Edited by Ruth Ahlburg on 26-09-2007 19:48
Posted by ChrisR on 27-09-2007 00:07
#2
Would be nice to know how big it was but I would guess it was one of the smaller
Phasia so would be maybe
obesa or
pusilla/
barbifrons. Do you have any more photos?
Posted by Zeegers on 27-09-2007 16:53
#3
Looks very much like the female of Ph. aurigera.
Which would be the first for DK (yet, not completely unexpected)
Theo
Posted by Ruth Ahlburg on 27-09-2007 17:44
#4
The fly was about 8-10 mm long, about the same size as P. hemipthera, female. The following day a male of P. aurigera was found nearby. I only got a few shots before it took off. I send a picture more.
Best regard Ruth
Posted by ChrisR on 27-09-2007 18:51
#5
Ahh, if it was as big as
P.hemiptera then forget my suggestions - I thought it looked much smaller. I'll join Theo and say
P.aurigera then :)
Posted by Ruth Ahlburg on 27-09-2007 19:10
#6
Thank you very, very much. I had the suspicion before I put it in this thread, but I dared not even think serious about it.
Ruth
Posted by Zeegers on 28-09-2007 08:49
#7
aurigera has made an incredibly rapid progress to the north in Europe the last 3 years.
Ph. barbifrons did the same some 20 years ago.
Enjoy global warming
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 28-09-2007 09:27
#8
My first UK record for
P.barbifrons was in 1998 and I think there was one that preceeded that by 1 year. It was published as a new species to the UK from a specimen taken in 1999 but I only noticed my
P.barbifrons after that. I wonder if we can calculate when
P.aurigera will reach England on that basis!? :D