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

20 Jul 2004 at OSGR: SU58 in Berks, England

Phania funesta is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Record Summary	Small black parasite fly feeding on Ox-eye Daisy flowers
Found as	Male imago
Date	20 July 2004
Associated organism	Leucanthemum vulgare
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU58
Lat/Lon	51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice County	Berks, VC no: 22
Country	England
Voucher	20 Jul 2004[L] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Belshaw, R., 1993. Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

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

20 Jul 2004 at OSGR: SU58 in Berks, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Phania funesta is also a member of:

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