Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia sp. ??

Posted by Tony T on 16-09-2007 14:59
#1

14 September 2007, New Brunswick, Canada. Length: 9mm
The recent discussion on petiolate veins HERE was most fortuitous as I had just caught this fly. It's a tachinid and shows a nice petiole. Possibly Phasia sp.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 16-09-2007 15:25
#2

Right. It is a Phasia sp.

Posted by crex on 16-09-2007 16:26
#3

There seems to be many Phasia species in Nearctica.

Zootaxa 276: 1-320 (29 August 2003) 81 plates, 194 references
Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae)
X. SUN & S. A. MARSHALL (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 4650KB) subscription required

Edited by crex on 16-09-2007 16:27

Posted by Tony T on 16-09-2007 16:52
#4

Thanks for the ref. I have corresponded with Steve Marshall in the past, he's in Ontario, Canada, and I will e-mail him and ask if he has any reprints of the article.

Posted by ChrisR on 16-09-2007 18:30
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It's certainly a phasiine but I'm not so confident to call it Phasia - there may be other genera with petioles like that in the New World. :)

Tony: If he has some reprints or a PDF of the article I'd be very interested to have a copy :)

Edited by ChrisR on 16-09-2007 18:32

Posted by crex on 16-09-2007 19:26
#6

Chris Raper wrote:
Tony: If he has some reprints or a PDF of the article I'd be very interested to have a copy :)

Me too :D