Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscid>>Hydrotaea pilipes f.

Posted by philporter on 21-11-2012 17:36
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Smallish black muscid. Lightly dusted on tergites which all have a row of recumbent marginal bristles. One long pd and 3 small av on hind tibia. No bristles on front tibia. Sternopleurals 1:1. Head with deeply recessed ptinial suture. Lunule appears whitish with hairs at certain angles, and frons is prominent just above it. Frontal orbits shining black, contimnuing down facial orbits until heavily dusted from just below base of 3rd antennal segment. Antennae minutely pubescent. Eyes bare, plapus black. Two upper orbital bristles pointing outwards, one lower bristle forwards. Apical scutellar bristles converging to just touching. Full rows of rather weak dc’s and acrostichals.
Blackish halteres. See pictures below

Edited by philporter on 22-11-2012 10:21