Phania speculifrons is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Phania speculifrons (Villeneuve, 1919)[1]
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Distribution and habitat
editThis 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
editPhania 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
editPhania 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]
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Belanovsky, I.D. (1953). "Tachinids of the Ukrainian SSR". Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk Ukrainskoi SSR. Kyiv (in Russian). 2: 240.
- ^ Villeneuve, J. (1922). "Myodaires supérieurs paléarctiques nouveaux". Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie. 5 (10): 337–342. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b HANS-PETER TSCHORSNIG, JOACHIM ZIEGLER & BENNO HERTING Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) from the Hautes-Alpes, France
- ^ a b Dr Francesco Fiume Tachinidae at Altervista.org
- ^ Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (in German)
Bibliography
edit- 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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