Phaonia palpata
Length 6 to 8 mm. It has 3 pairs of dorso-central bristles behind the thoracic suture line and unusually large palps.
- palps flattened
- 2+1 sternopleurals
- acrostichas 0+1
- dorsocentrals 2+3
- black femur, red/yellow tibia
- front tibia with median posterior bristle
Found in various habitats but may favour damper, well vegetated areas and woodland.
April to November
Larvae have been found in rotting wood.
Widespread in England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Nicholls
Sheet Hedges Wood
02 May 2014
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
12 November 2020
flattened palps
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
12 November 2020
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- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Muscidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 02/05/2014 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 12/11/2020 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
12 November 2020
