Anthomyia

Not to be confused with Anthomyza.

Anthomyia
Anthomyia pluvialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Anthomyiidae
Subfamily:	Anthomyiinae
Tribe:	Anthomyiini
Genus:	Anthomyia Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Anthomya Rafinesque, 1815 Chelisia Rondani, 1856 Craspedochoeta Macquart, 1851

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] This appears to be a mild form of aposematic coloration, though they do not appear to be distasteful unless they have eaten something offensive to the predator and have loaded their guts with it.^{[ citation needed ]}

Specimen from wild pigeon's nest

Anthomyia procellaris laying eggs into faeces on a stump of tree

Species

• Anthomyia bazini Séguy, 1929
• Anthomyia cannabina (Stein, 1916)
• Anthomyia canningsi Griffiths, 2001
• Anthomyia confusanea Michelsen in Michelsen & Báez, 1985
• Anthomyia facialis (Malloch, 1918)
• Anthomyia illocata (Walker, 1856)
• Anthomyia imbrida Rondani, 1866
• Anthomyia liturata (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
• Anthomyia maura (Stein in Becker, 1908)
• Anthomyia medialis (Colless), 1982)
• Anthomyia mimetica (Malloch, 1918)
• Anthomyia monilis (Meigen, 1826)
• Anthomyia nigriceps (Huckett, 1946)
• Anthomyia obscuripennis (Bigot, 1886)
• Anthomyia ochripes Thomson, 1869
• Anthomyia oculifera Bigot, 1885
• Anthomyia plurinotata Brullé, 1833
• Anthomyia pluvialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Anthomyia procellaris (Rondani, 1866)
• Anthomyia punctipennis (Wiedmann, 1830)
• Anthomyia quinquemaculata Macquart, 1839
• Anthomyia tempestatum Wiedemann, 1830
• Anthomyia xanthopus (Hennig, 1976)

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.