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Hello!

I nearly didn't take a photo because there were so many Phasia hemipteras and aurigeras here (Ostwestfalen/Germany) at the Mentha blossoms in the last days, that I didn't look closer. It was not until I looked at this pic on the PC, when I realized that this male looked different. Could it be Ectophasia crassipennis? I did not find that species here, yet (mainly occurs more to the south in Germany).

Because I did not look close while on location, I'm also not sure, whether this is the same individual. Or is this one really a P. hemiptera (abdomen marking doesn't look like E. crassipennis)?
http://www.foto-u...era_M1.jpg

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Look at the main page :)

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Hello, Kahis!



You mean Phasia aurigera? I did not think of that species, because they are normally somewhat smaller here, and the male don't have such broad wings (unlike P. hemiptera). I only compared with those P. aurigera males, which occured "normal" to me:
http://insektenfo...eadid=9570

(And I was upset by the idea to have finally found E. crassipennis here... ;))


Possibly the same phenomenon as in P. hemiptera with its normal "Schwarzenegger" and more female like males?
http://www.dipter...post_33311

In this case the female like ones would be in the majority.

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Yes, Phasia aurigera for sure :) Ectophasia has no petiole on vein M so this mustbe Phasia

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a 'macho' male

(see thread some months ago on Phasia hemiptera, works similar in aurigera)


Theo

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Hello, Chris and Theo!

Thanks! Must have been wishful thinking for E. crassipennis :|.