Spilogona latimana

Spilogona latimana
Spilogona latimana Leith Saddle, Dunedin
Dorsal view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Spilogona
Species:
S. latimana
Binomial name
Spilogona latimana
Malloch, 1931

Spilogona latimana is a fly from the family Muscidae. It is found in New Zealand.[1][2]

Description

The male of this species is readily identified by its golden frons and antennae, and distinctive forelegs with elongated thin foretarsi and spatulate tarsal terminal segments.[1]

male secondary sexual characteristics
Spilogona latimana showing distinctive male secondary sexual characteristics (MSSCs)

References

  1. ^ a b Malloch, J. R. (1931). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 377–388.
  2. ^ Evenhuis, N. L.; Pont, Adrian Charles.; Pyle, Leilani.; Thompson, F. Christian. (1989). Literature cited. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Honolulu: Bishop Museum and E. J. Brill. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.49897.
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