Spilogona latimana is a fly from the family Muscidae. It is found in New Zealand.[1][2]
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| Spilogona latimana Leith Saddle, Dunedin | |
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| Species: | S. latimana
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| Spilogona latimana Malloch, 1931
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Description
editThe 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]
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References
edit- ^ a b Malloch, J. R. (1931). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 377–388.
- ^ 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.