Phania funesta (Meigen, 1824)
(a shield bug parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
TribeCylindromyiini (a tribe of shield bug parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyPHASIINAE (bug parasitoid flies)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly) :
1: Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
30 Apr 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Visiting White Deadnettle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 4: Male - dorso-posterior view - highly enlargedImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 6: Male - postero-dorsal view - highly enlarged
2: Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
. Photos: Adult fly, resting on leaf and White Deadnettle flower
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (5)Image 6: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 7: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 8: Adult - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Adult - front three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Adult - rear three-quarter view - close-up - enlarged
3: Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
22 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting mayweed
Image 1: Visiting mayweed - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Visiting mayweed - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Visiting mayweed - enlargedImage 4: Visiting mayweed - enlarged (2)
4: Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
22 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting mayweed
Image 1: Anterior view - highly enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 5: Dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 6: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 7: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (3)Image 8: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (4)Image 9: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (5)Image 10: Dorsal view - highly enlarged (6)Image 11: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlargedImage 12: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (2)Image 13: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (3)Image 14: Dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged (4)Image 15: Latero-dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 16: Latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)
5: Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Small black parasite fly feeding on Yarrow flowers
Image 1: Dorsal view - feeding on Yarrow - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - feeding on Yarrow - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorso-lateral view - feeding on Yarrow - enlargedImage 4: Lateral view - feeding on Yarrow - enlargedImage 5: Latero-dorsal view - feeding on Yarrow - enlargedImage 6: Rear three-quarter view - feeding on Yarrow - enlarged
6: Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
20 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Small black parasite fly feeding on Ox-eye Daisy flowers
Image 1: Male - anterior view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlargedImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged

Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phania funesta (a shield bug parasitoid fly)
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