Pegomya winthemi

Pegomya winthemi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Genus: Pegomya
Species: P. winthemi
Binomial name
Pegomya winthemi
(Meigen, 1826)
Synonyms
  • Anthomyia winthemi Meigen, 1826
  • Anthomyza latitarsis Zetterstedt, 1846
  • Pegomyia fuscofasciata Malloch, 1920

Pegomya winthemi is a dipteran fly in the Anthomyiidae family. Found in North America, it was first described as Anthomyia winthemi in 1829 by Johann Wilhelm Meigen. The insect measures 4.25–5 mm long.[1] Its pedipalps are infuscated (darkened with a brownish tinge) apically; the anterior lateral angles of the thorax and scutellum are yellowish red. The longest hairs of the arista are a little longer than its basal diameter, while the lower calyptra (small membranes above the halteres) are distinctly protruded. The scutellum is almost bare on the disc. The posthumeral bristle is not duplicated, and the area between the posthumeral and the margin of thorax is almost bare.[2]

References

  1. Malloch JR. (1920). "Description of new North American Anthomyiidae (Diptera)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 46: 133–196 (see p. 178).
  2. Malloch JR. (1920). "A synopsis of the North American species of the genus Pegomyia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Anthomyidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 15 (5): 121–7.