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Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830

Description

Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 482.

Type species: Phaonia viarum Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, by designation of Coquillett (1901: 140).

Diagnosis. Male without inter frontal seta, subcosta bending like a bow, M straight, lower calypter tongue-shaped, mid tibia with more than two p, hind tibia with a strong pd on preapical part, posterior surface of hind coxa bare (Xue & Chao 1996; Ma et al. 2002).

Biology. Eggs laid singly or in small batches on or near suitable media. Papillae of anal region reduced or absent; 2–8 prospiracular lobes. Anal spiracles never on long processes; slits straight to curved or sinuate, parallel to radiate; scar median or, very rarely inferior (see jaroschewskii -group). Cocoon production is unknown in Phaonia (except for Phaonia rhodesi).

As far as is known the larvae live in their final instar as obligate carnivores. While most Phaonia appear to have rather restricted food requirements, the range of media utilized by the genus as whole is very wide. For example, some researchers found Phaonia hybrida biastostyla emerging from the cocoon of Hyphantria cunea (Drury). Curiously enough, however, dung is extremely rarely utilized (Skidmore 1985).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan, except for remote island groups and the coldest regions.

Notes

Published as part of Xue, Wan-Qi, Wang, Ming-Fu & Du, Jing, 2006, Study of two species groups of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with the description of three new species, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 1350 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.174519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Robineau-Desvoidy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Diptera
Family
Muscidae
Genus
Phaonia
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 sec. Xue, Wang & Du, 2006

References

  • Robineau-Desvoidy, J. B. (1830) Essai sur les myodaires. Mm. Pres. Div. Sav. Acad. R. Sci. Inst. Fr., 2 (2), 482.
  • Coquillett, D. W. (1901) Types of anthomyid genera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 9, 134 - 146.
  • Xue, W. Q. (1996) Muscidae. In: Xue, W. & Chao, C. M. (Eds.), Flies of China. Volume 1. [In Chinese.] Liaoning Science and Technology Press, Shenyang, pp. 836 - 1365.
  • Ma, Z. Y., Xue, W. Q. & Feng, Y. (2002) Fauna Sinica Insecta. Vol. 26, Diptera Muscidae (II) Phaoniinae (I). [In Chinese.] Science Press, Beijing, pp. 325 - 338.
  • Skidmore, P. (1985) The biology of the Muscidae of the world. Dr W. Junk Publishers, 29, xv + 550 pp.