Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde 
Serie A (Biologie) 
Herausgeber: 
Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart 

Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. | Ser. A | Nr.679 | 95S.,8 Abb. Stuttgart, 10. V. 2005 
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A new species of the genus 
Phebellia Robineau-Desvoidy 
(Diptera: Tachinidae) from Finland 
CHRISTER BERGSTROM 
Abstract 
A new tachinid species, Phebellia margaretae n.sp., is described from Finland. It is near to 
the Palaearctic species P. glauca (Meigen, 1824), P. glaucoides Herting, 1961 and P laxifrons 
Shima, 1981. Its position in the genus 1s discussed. 
Keywords: Tachinidae, new species, Finland, Phebellia. 
Zusammenfassung 
Eine neue Raupenfliegen-Art, Phebellia margaretae n.sp., aus Finnland wird beschrieben. 
Die neue Art steht den paläarktischen Arten P glauca (Meigen, 1824), P. glancoides Herting, 
1961 und P laxifrons Shima, 1981 nahe. Ihre Stellung in der Gattung wird diskutiert. 
Contents 
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De Materials and merhädst ne IS tn 2 
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4. Difterences:to other species:ot Phebellia vu... 2... 0 vu anne ee 2 
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1 Introduction 
The genus Phebellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1846 (sensu MesnıL 1955; HERTING 
1961, 1984; SHima 1981, 1982) is mainly distributed in the Nearctic and Palaearctic 
regions with a small representation also in the Oriental region. Up to the present 
19 species of Phebellia (including Prooppia) are recorded from the Palaearctic region 
(HERTING 1984). Eight species are assigned to the genus Phebellia in the Nearctic re- 
gion, following a transfer of three species to the re-established genus Prooppia 
(O’Hara & Woop 2004). In this paper a new species, Phebellia margaretae n. sp., is 
described from Finland. 
The genus Phebellia Robineau-Desvoidy belongs to the large and multiform tribe 
Eryciini (HERTING 1984, O’Hara & Woop 2004). Most Eryciini are known to de- 
