Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rather big fly

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 23-09-2007 15:31
#1
I saw this fly yesterday on flowering Ivy. It's a rather big one, size of C. vomitoria. The wing venation is not Tachinid-like, with M1 running straight to the wing edge. Does anyone knwo this fly? Or at least the family/genus?
Amstelveen, the Netherlands. Suburban area, with lots of bushes and trees, but poor in rough land.
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 23-09-2007 15:33

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 23-09-2007 15:32
#2
and a lateral shot

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-09-2007 16:02
#3
Hi Cor.
It is Phaonia, with two possibility - Ph.errans and Ph.valida.
M1 running straight to the wing edge

Really, vein M isn't as straight as usualy in Phaonia, it is slightly curved at very apex. So, I'd say female of
Phaonia valida
Nikita

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 23-09-2007 19:39
#4
Thanks Nikita! Wonderful, ID at species level!