Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Muscidae Scientific name Hebecnema umbratica | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Hebecnema Rank Species | |
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Similar Myospila meditabunda, Morellia aenescens, Hydrotaea dentipes, Helina evecta, Phaonia pallida | ||
Hebecnema umbratica is a fly from the family Muscidae. It is the type species of the genus Hebecnema.
Description
See Morphology of Diptera for terms. Eyes densely long· (male) or short- (female) haired. The abdomen, seen from behind, with (male) rather dense grey dusting and a sharply defined narrow median dark line, or (female) with thin dusting and a broader, less sharply defined dark median area and faint shifting dark spots.The female thorax, seen from in front, with 4 faint but more or less distinct darker stripes; frontal triangle, seen from slightly behind, usually extending almost to lunule. 3.5-6 mm.
References
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