TACHINIDAE: Tachininae: Proscissionini: Phaoniella Malloch, 1938
Phaoniella bifida Malloch, 1938, orig. des. [NZAC].
Diagnosis
Characteristics of Phaoniella include: 1. Body size 8.5 – 10mm; 2. Face with shallow antennal grooves separated by a wide rounded facial carina visible in profile; 3. Parafacials haired to about or just past mid-way; 4. Eyes haired; 5. scutellum with 3 pairs of marginal setae; 5. Female fore tarsi not dilated; 6. Male with vertex not wider than postpedicel; 7. Male 5th sternite with deep a excision in each lobe. Note: This genus keys out together with Chaetopletha, Neotachina, Platytachina, Plethochaetigera, and Tachineo. It is considerably difficult to find satisfactory external characters to distinguish these genera in a dichotomous key. This difficulty is expressed by Malloch 1938 several times over as well as by Dugdale 1969. A thorough revision at the genus level is needed that includes molecular analysis, rearing and collecting of new material.Distribution in NZ
South Island BR, MC, NN
Species in New Zealand
Phaoniella bifida Malloch, 1938Biology and Hosts
UnknownCitation
Schnitzler F-R 2016. Tachinidae of New Zealand. Genus Phaoniellahttp://tachinidae.landcareresearch.co.nz
Accessed: 6 November 2024