Phasia pusilla Meigen, 1824
(a bug parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhasia pusilla (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 pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly) :
1: Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
30 May 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, visiting Hemlock Water-dropwort
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
30 May 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, visiting Hemlock Water-dropwort
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
28 May 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Visiting Ox-eye Daisy in garden
Image 1: Male - visiting Ox-eye Daisy - enlargedImage 2: Male - visiting Ox-eye Daisy - magnifiedImage 3: Male - visiting Ox-eye Daisy - magnified (2)Image 4: Male - visiting Ox-eye Daisy - magnified (3)
4: Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
22 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Female, on Ox-eye Daisy flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - magnified (2)Image 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - lateral view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - ventral view - magnified
5: Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
25 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
beaten from Heather
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Dorsal view (2)Image 3: Lateral view

Phasia pusilla (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 pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phasia pusilla (a bug parasitoid fly)
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