Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another one of the notorious Phaonias (?)

Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-12-2006 10:15
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Hi J?rgen
I think you have two species here. My guess (I can't be sure) is that the top two are Phaonia subventa. The bottom two may be Phaonia bitincta, but without specimens to hand, it's tricky - and let's not forget the possibility of Mydaea maculiventris. :( As Robert has suggested before, this is a difficult group, and we need to keep taking good photos of collected specimens. I will try this winter to sort out some other characters which can be used to separate them.