Phania speculifrons

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Phania speculifrons
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Phania speculifrons (cf.)
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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) [1]
Synonyms

Phania speculifrons is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. [4]

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

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. [7] [8]

Biology

Phania speculifrons is a univoltine species. Adults fly from mid-June to July–August, feeding on flowers. [6] Hosts of this parasitic species are unknown. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 HANS-PETER TSCHORSNIG, JOACHIM ZIEGLER & BENNO HERTING Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Hautes-Alpes, France
  7. 1 2 Dr Francesco Fiume Tachinidae at Altervista.org
  8. ↑ Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (in German)

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