Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae [Ectophasia crassipennis]

Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 09:20
#1
last summer, Ferrieres, Belgium

the fly is approx 5 - 6 mm long

Tachinidae ?


thank tou

jean marc
Edited by liege67 on 08-07-2006 10:18

Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 09:21
#2
another view

Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2006 09:35
#3
Looks like Ectophasia crassipennis (female) Smile

Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 09:57
#4
Chris Raper wrote:
Looks like Ectophasia crassipennis (female) Smile


hello Chris

I thought that this fly had a black longitudinal band on the abdomen

Posted by liege67 on 08-07-2006 10:02
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
Looks like Ectophasia crassipennis (female) Smile


ok, you are right, i can see the black band on this 3rd picture

thank you

Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2006 10:07
#6
Most Phasia and Ectophasia are sexually dimorphic with the males being bigger than the females. In E.crassipennis the males have wings marked with little dots and a longitudinal stripe on the abdomen (of varying widths); while the females have one large dark patch on the wing and a central abdomenal stripe that widens posteriorly, as in your photos Smile