Phania speculifrons

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

Phania speculifrons
Phania speculifrons (cf.)
Scientific classification
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[1]
  • Weberia aureovittata Belanovsky, 1951
  • Weberia speculifera Villeneuve, 1922

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.[2] It mainly inhabits mountain dry meadows at an elevation up to 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) above sea level.[3]

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.[4][5]

Biology

Phania speculifrons is a univoltine species. Adults fly from mid June to July–August, feeding on flowers.[3] Hosts of this parasitic species are unknown.[4]

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
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References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. HANS-PETER TSCHORSNIG, JOACHIM ZIEGLER & BENNO HERTING Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Hautes-Alpes, France
  4. Dr Francesco Fiume Tachinidae at Altervista.org
  5. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (in German)
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