Spilogona latimana

Spilogona latimana
	Spilogona latimana Leith Saddle, Dunedin
	Dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Family:	Muscidae
Subfamily:	Coenosiinae
Tribe:	Limnophorini
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]

Spilogona latimana showing distinctive male secondary sexual characteristics (MSSCs)

References

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.

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[:0-1] 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.