Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phaonia trimaculata (f) <-- confirmed

Posted by Stephan Mende on 27-02-2025 08:28
#1
Hi, is this a female Phaonia trimaculata?
- scutelum with 3 black patches and orange tip
- 2+3 acrostichals
- 2+4 dorsocentrals
- hairy eyes
- darkened cross veins
- arista feathered

But the hind/mid tibiae and femora tips should be orange/brown? I couldn't get a good look at the hind tibiae either.
Can someone confirm or correct this? Are there alternatives?


Northern Germany, Hildesheim, 25.02.2025, 76 m, basking in the sun, ~5-10 mm
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Thank you in advance,
Stephan
Edited by Stephan Mende on 28-02-2025 07:40

Posted by eklans on 27-02-2025 09:21
#2
Female Phaonia trimaculata is correct ("legs black, mid and hind tibia often brownish to yellow"). from Gregor et al (2016): Manual CE Muscidae

Posted by Stephan Mende on 28-02-2025 07:40
#3
I see. Thank you, Eric.