Phaonia subventa (Harris, [1780])
(a muscid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
GenusPhaonia (a genus of muscid flies)
FamilyMUSCIDAE (muscid flies: house fly, green bottles)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly) :
1: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
20 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
swept off Alexanders
Image 1: Male - antennae - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
3 May 2015 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
resting on fence post/gate
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
3: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
18 Jun 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
indoors
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - pale background
4: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, sunbathing on Ash trunk
Image 1: Male - head and fore-part of thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - terminalia - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male - thorax and scutellum - dorso-lateral view - magnified - white background
5: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
6 Nov 2011 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, basking on gatepost
Image 1: Female - antennae - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 7: Female - head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Female - thorax and scutellum - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 12: Wing - highly enlarged
6: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
30 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, basking on Ash trunk
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view
7: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
30 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, basking on Ash trunk
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral view
8: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, basking on young Ash trunk
Image 1: Male - lateral viewImage 2: Male - lateral view (2)
9: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, basking on young Ash trunk
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - latero-ventral view
10: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, basking on young Ash trunk
Image 1: Female - lateral viewImage 2: Female - lateral view (2)Image 3: Female - latero-dorsal viewImage 4: Female - ventral view
11: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
25 Apr 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - latero-dorsal viewImage 3: Male - latero-dorsal view (2)
12: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
15 Mar 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
puparium under piece of rotting Oak wood . Photos: Puparium and male fly that emerged
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - front three-quarter viewImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: PupariumImage 5: Puparium - empty and cap
13: Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
1 Jan 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - latero-ventral viewImage 5: Female - ventral view

Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phaonia subventa (a muscid fly)

A very common fly that breeds in rotting wood and fungi, humus, soil, carrion and dung.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Gregor, F., Rozkosny, R., Barták, & Vanhara, J., 2002The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central EuropeFolia Fac. Sci. Nat. Univ. Masaryk. Brun., Bio!., 107: 1-280.
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