Phasia obesa (Fabricius, 1798)
(a bug parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
GenusPhasia (a genus of bug parasitoid flies)
TribePhasiini (a tribe of 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 Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly) :
1: Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
20 Oct 2017 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Bracken
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
19 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on garden goldenrod flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - head - latero-ventral view - highly magnifiedImage 3: Male - head, thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Male - latero-dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - magnified - grey background
3: Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
13 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Ventral view
4: Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
13 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Ventral view
5: Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: 3 views

Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phasia obesa (a bug parasitoid fly)
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