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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Phasiinae » Phasiini » Phasia » Phasia aurulans
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Brown Fly - Phasia aurulans - male
Copyright © 2011 emueller

Brown Fly - Phasia aurulans - Male
Chilliwack, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada
November 1, 2011
Size: approx. 1 cm. (body only)

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Contributed by emueller on 2 November, 2011 - 10:54pm
Last updated 21 December, 2011 - 3:32am

Moved
Moved from Phasia.
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 December, 2011 - 3:29am login or register to post comments

Diagnostic gold spot on thorax obliquely visible
This is a male of Phasia aurulans, see remarks under "Identification" on the info page and compare with this image from Denmark.

P. aurulans is holarctic and is recorded from BC (wish it made it down to CA :-).

The abdomen can vary in regards to the amount and patterning of orangish-gold and vestiture. Sun & Marshall(1) give body length range as 7-9mm...close to your stated size of 1.0cm.
… Aaron Schusteff, 21 December, 2011 - 3:28am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you! Very through and educational response!
… emueller, 21 December, 2011 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 November, 2011 - 9:31am login or register to post comments

Possibly Phasia
Possibly Phasia.(1)
… John F. Carr, 3 November, 2011 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

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