Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Two more Phasia?

Posted by ChrisR on 04-07-2006 12:55
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Hi Nikita, Fly-1 does have yellow haltares but it also has a lot of grey dusting on the thorax, which is more characteristic of Phasia obesa. The colour of the hairs on the gena is apparently a very good way to split obesa from barbifrons in difficult specimens :)