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?
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.