Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from Sicily

Posted by lynkos on 12-06-2006 15:31
#1

Here I am, this time not with one of my photos, but one taken by a dear friend of mine, Marcello Romano, in Sicily. It looks to both of us like a species of Phasia, would we be right? If so, is it possibile to arrive at a species?

www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data4/Velvet%20ant/Dittero3,%20Torre%20Montaspro,%2010%20giugno%202006.jpg_2006612154556_Dittero3,%20Torre%20Montaspro,%2010%20giugno%202006.jpg

Thanks, Sarah

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-06-2006 15:46
#2

Hi Sarah.
I think Phasia hemiptera.
Nikita
Nice to see you back!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-06-2006 15:52
#3

What about Ectophasia crassipennis?

Posted by ChrisR on 12-06-2006 17:10
#4

Looks like an (Ecto?)phasia sp. - but not sure which one in that part of the world B)

Edited by ChrisR on 12-06-2006 17:12

Posted by lynkos on 12-06-2006 18:41
#5

I posted an answer to this, but it looks as if it didn't get through :(. Ectophasia crassipennis is indicated in Marcello's region, so I think it's probably spot on. Thanks everyone.

Posted by Zeegers on 12-06-2006 18:53
#6

Nearly right.
It is a male of Ectophasia leucoptera.
The black spot on the abdomen broadens in a characteristic way.
It is (more or less) linear in other Ectophasia


Congratulations with the nice picture


Theo Zeegers

Posted by lynkos on 12-06-2006 20:06
#7

Many thanks to you Theo. I've passed on your "diagnosis" and your compliments to Marcello.