Posted by sd on 17-06-2012 21:47
#1
Fance, Dordogne. Damp clearfell area in deciduous woodland.
4.vi.2012. Size 9mm.
On
Leucanthemum vulgare (Oxeye Daisy).
Ectophasia crassipennis and small
Phasia were also present.
Xysta holosericea - a robust Phasiinae with few bristles.
Jorge posted the first photo on Diptera.info for this species just last month.
http://www.dipter...d_id=47574
Steve
Posted by ChrisR on 18-06-2012 08:38
#4
Show off :D very well done though - a really unusual tachinid. Very Phasia x Ectophaia in form.
Posted by Zeegers on 18-06-2012 09:23
#5
The male genitalia are peculiarly asymmetric:
you can see this in the second picture
Theo