Anthomyia

Anthomyia
Anthomyia pluvialis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Anthomyiidae
Subfamily: Anthomyiinae
Tribe: Anthomyiini
Genus:
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Musca pluvialis
Synonyms

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.

Species

References

  1. ^ 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. 82. Innsbruck: 319–324.
  2. ^ Alan Weaving; Mike Picker; Griffiths, Charles Llewellyn (2003). Field Guide to Insects of South Africa. New Holland Publishers, Ltd. ISBN 1-86872-713-0.