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Species of fly

Phania speculifrons
Phania speculifrons (cf.)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tachinidae
Subfamily: Phasiinae
Tribe: Cylindromyiini
Genus: Phania
Species: P. speculifrons
Binomial name
Phania speculifrons
(Villeneuve, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Weberia speculifrons Villeneuve, 1919
  • Weberia aureovittata Belanovsky, 1951
  • Weberia speculifera Villeneuve, 1922

Phania speculifrons is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.

Distribution and habitat

This species is present in parts of Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Ukraine and former Yugoslavia. It mainly inhabits mountain dry meadows at an elevation up to 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) above sea level.

Description

Phania speculifrons can reach a body length of approximately 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in). These flies have a shiny, greyish abdomen. The ad apical spur of the fore tibia is longer than the dorsal one. In males, tergites 2 - 4, in females tergites 2 and 3 are dusted almost to the posterior edge.

Biology

Phania speculifrons is a univoltine species. Adults fly from mid-June to July–August, feeding on flowers. Hosts of this parasitic species are unknown.

References

  1. ^ Villeneuve, J. (1919). "Descriptions de tachinaires nouveaux (Dipt.)". Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France. 1919 (17): 305–308. Bibcode:1919AnSEF..24..305V. doi:10.3406/bsef.1919.26496. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. Belanovsky, I.D. (1953). "Tachinids of the Ukrainian SSR". Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi SSR. Kyiv (in Russian). 2: 240.
  3. Villeneuve, J. (1922). "Myodaires supérieurs paléarctiques nouveaux". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie. 5 (10): 337–342. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. O’Hara, James E.; Henderson, Shannon J.; Wood, D. Monty (5 March 2020). "Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World" (PDF). Tachinidae Resources. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. Fauna Europaea
  6. ^ HANS-PETER TSCHORSNIG, JOACHIM ZIEGLER & BENNO HERTING Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Hautes-Alpes, France
  7. ^ Dr Francesco Fiume Tachinidae at Altervista.org
  8. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (in German)

Bibliography

  • Ebrahim Gilasian, Ali Asghar Talebi, Joachim Ziegler & Shahab Manzari (2013): A review of the genus Phania Meigen, 1824 (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae) in Iran with the description of a new species, Zoology and Ecology, DOI:10.1080/21658005.2013.765174
Taxon identifiers
Phania speculifrons
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