Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae [Ectophasia crassipennis]
Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 10:20
#1
last summer, Ferrieres, Belgium
the fly is approx 5 - 6 mm long
Tachinidae ?
thank tou
jean marc
Edited by liege67 on 08-07-2006 11:18
Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 10:21
#2
another view
Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2006 10:35
#3
Looks like
Ectophasia crassipennis (female) :)
Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 10:57
#4
Chris Raper wrote:
Looks like Ectophasia crassipennis (female) :)
hello Chris
I thought that this fly had a black longitudinal band on the abdomen
Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 11:02
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
Looks like Ectophasia crassipennis (female) :)
ok, you are right, i can see the black band on this 3rd picture
thank you
Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2006 11:07
#6
Most
Phasia and
Ectophasia are sexually dimorphic with the males being bigger than the females. In
E.crassipennis the males have wings marked with little dots and a longitudinal stripe on the abdomen (of varying widths); while the females have one large dark patch on the wing and a central abdomenal stripe that widens posteriorly, as in your photos :)