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Phasia hemiptera

Phasia hemiptera is a fly belonging to the family tachinid...This species can be found throughout Northern and Southern Europe, to the east it reaches as far as Russia, Siberia and Japan..Phasia hemiptera can reach a body length of 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in). In these flies the thorax is usually dark brown, the middle of the very flattened abdomen is dark brown or black, while the sides are hairy orange-brown. The hind legs are generally reddish yellow. These flies are strongly sexually dimorphic. The males are more colourful and have broad curved patterned wings with markings of various colors. Sometimes wings show an iridescent blue-black band starting from the front edge, but they may also be or completely dark. Females have narrower and more transparent wings without markings, also their bodies are narrower

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Uploaded on December 27, 2022
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