Platypeza consobrina
Length 3.5-5mm.
Female: Grey-dusted head and thorax, abdomen black with bands of grey dusting narrowest in the middle.
Male: Dull black, tibiae yellow at base, tergite 6 grey-dusted.
Female: Other Platypeza species. P. consobrina has extensive dusting on tergite 1 leaving only a small black central spot.
Male: Other Platypeza species.
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Woodlands and parks.
Early September to late October, peaking late September to mid October.
Larvae feed in Honey Fungus (Armillaria sp.).
Scattered records from eastern England and Wales.
Rarely recorded in VC55.
David Gould
Braunstone, Wood Close Plantation
18 October 2020
female
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Platypezidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 18/10/2020 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 18/10/2020 (Gould, David)
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