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Genus Phasia

fly with metallic abdomen - Phasia aurulans

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Phasiinae

Genus Phasia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phasiidae formerly its own family

Numbers

3 spp. in genus per Arnett (1985) (1)

But over 20 spp. per Nearctica

12 spp. in North Carolina per Brimley (1938) (2)

Season

March-November in North Carolina per Brimley (1938) (2)

Internet References

Phasia occidentis photo (Parasitoid of Nysius spp. (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)) - The Bugwood Network

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

2.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 24 May, 2006 - 5:10pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 January, 2009 - 7:20pm

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