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Phasia aurulans

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ7180997 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phasia aurulans is a species of tachinid fly.

Description

Body length 7-9mm. It has a broad distribution across the Holarctic, range spanning from North America (Canada and the United States) and also widespread in Europe and Asia, including countries like Belarus, Japan and Russia.

Distribution

Canada, United States, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Ukraine, Finland, Norway, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Russia.

Hosts

Hemiptera - Elasmucha lateralis

References

Bugguide.net.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Phasia aurulans” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Phasia, aurulans and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 80-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Phasia, aurulans and species providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Phasia aurulans”, the useful work is to connect “species of insect” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7180997. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Phasia aurulans primary sources, Phasia aurulans archive and Phasia research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
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This entry incorporates text from “Phasia aurulans” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.