Hebecnema umbratica
Species of fly
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Hebecnema umbratica is a fly from the family Muscidae.[1][2] It is the type species of the genus Hebecnema.
| Hebecnema umbratica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Genus: | Hebecnema |
| Species: | H. umbratica |
| Binomial name | |
| Hebecnema umbratica (Meigen, 1826) | |
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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.