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Limnohelina bivittata

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Limnohelina bivittata
Limnohelina bivittata from McPhees Rock / Loganburn Reservoir, Otago, NZ (dorsal view)
Limnohelina bivittata from McPhees Rock / Loganburn Reservoir, Otago, NZ (lateral view)
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L. bivittata
Binomial name
Limnohelina bivittata
Malloch, 1931

Limnohelina bivittata is a fly from the family Muscidae. It is found in New Zealand.[1][2]

Description

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Malloch 1931 says, "This species is strikingly different from all the other NZ species in the group with four pairs of postsutural dorsocentral bristles, and two broad opaque black-brown vittae on the mesonotum which are divided by a paler central vitta. The lateral margins of mesonotum (are) densely greyish-white dusted. (The) upper third of frons velvety black and brown at anterior ocellus."[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Malloch, J. R. (1931). "The calyptrate Diptera of New Zealand". Records of the Canterbury Museum. 3: 377–388.
  2. ^ Evenhuis, N. L.; Pont, Adrian Charles.; Pyle, Leilani.; Thompson, F. Christian. (1989). Literature cited. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian regions. Honolulu: Bishop Museum and E. J. Brill. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.49897.