Phaonia serva
6.5-8.6mm. A grey/brown muscid with patterned dusting on the abdomen and black stripes on the thorax. It has all black legs, a plumose arista and slightly yellow-tinted wings.
Other Phaonia species.
- c6.5-8.6mm
- grey-brown
- all black legs
- plumose arista
- 1 pair post-suture acrostichals + 3 pairs of dorsocentrals
- front tibia without a posterior bristle
- middle femora with strong posteroventral bristles on the basal half
This species needs to be keyed.
Summer.
Uncommon but widespread in England.
Rare or under-recorded.
David Nicholls
Ratby Change
17 June 2024
male
David Nicholls
Ratby Change
17 June 2024
male
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true fly (Diptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Muscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 17/06/2024 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 17/06/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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