Pogonortalis doclea
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| Pogonortalis doclea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Platystomatidae |
| Genus: | Pogonortalis |
| Species: | P. doclea |
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| Pogonortalis doclea (Walker, 1849) | |
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Pogonortalis doclea, the boatman fly, is a species of signal fly (family Platystomatidae).[1][2][3][4] It is native to Australia and has been introduced to California in the United States.[4]
Characteristics of the genus Pogonortalis are: the cheek immediately below the eye being less than a tenth the height of the eye; the hind femur having an anteroventral keel at the distal third; and the anterior crossvein of the wing meeting vein 4 before the mid-length of the discal cell.[5]
Pogonortalis doclea is sexually dimorphic. Males have a bundle of long curved bristles on each cheek of the head. In this location, females have a single shorter bristle among small hairs. Larger males also have the head ventrally widened.[6]
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