Anthomyia
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.
Specimen from wild pigeon's nest
| Anthomyia | |
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| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 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
- 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. Innsbruck. 82: 319–324.
- Alan Weaving; Mike Picker; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. New Holland Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-86872-713-0.
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