Helina allotalla

Helina allotalla is a Palearctic fly from the family Muscidae.[1][2]

Helina allotalla
Helina allotalla female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Helina
Species:
H. allotalla
Binomial name
Helina allotalla
(Meigen, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Anthomyia allotalla Meigen, 1830

Description

See Morphology of Diptera for terms. The eyes are separated by less than 3 times the width of the third antenna! segment. Prealar bristle well developed, about two-thirds the length of second notopleural bristle. The abdomen has at most indistinct narrow paired spots. Arista. wider than third antennal segment. 6–8 mm.

References

  1. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
  2. Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.


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