Spilogona latimana

Spilogona latimana
Spilogona latimana Leith Saddle, Dunedin
Dorsal view
Scientific 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]

Spilogona latimana showing distinctive male secondary sexual characteristics (MSSCs)

References

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.