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Anthomyia

Anthomyia is a genus of flies in the family Anthomyiidae. They look rather like small houseflies, but commonly have conspicuous black-and-white patterning.

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Anthomyia
Anthomyia pluvialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Subfamily: Anthomyiinae
Tribe: Anthomyiini
Genus: Anthomyia
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca pluvialis
Synonyms

Anthomyia is a genus of flies in the family Anthomyiidae.1 They look rather like small houseflies, but commonly have conspicuous black-and-white patterning.2

Specimen from wild pigeon's nest source ↗
Anthomyia procellaris laying eggs into faeces on a stump of tree

Species

References

References

  1. Pont, Adrian C.; Ackland, David M. (1995). "Fanniidae, Muscidae and Anthomyiidae associated with Burrows of the Alpine Marmot Marmota marmota LENNAEUS) in the Upper Ötz Valley (Tyrol, Austria) (Inserta, Diptera)" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck Band. 82. Innsbruck: 319–324.
  2. Alan Weaving; Mike Picker; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. New Holland Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-86872-713-0.