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

Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-12-2006 20:47
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I don't think so.
The top fly has broadly darkened base of scutellum and the post-alar callli are grey. Also the presutural dark stripes are two-thirds the width of the pale stripe separating them, and the abdomen has a dark central line.
The lower fly has an almost entirely yellow scutellum and the post-alar calli are yellow. The central presutural dark stripes are only a third of the width of the pale stripe separating them, and the abdomen is entirely yellow.
And it's lost its right mid tarsus.
I think the flies are so keen to get in your photos that they are pushing each other out of the way! ;)