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Norellia spinipes (Meigen, 1826)
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: ScathophaginaeGenus: Norellia
Species:
Norellia spinipes (Meigen, 1826)
tvk:
NBNSYS0100025043
SUMMARY
A pale coloured species with strongly spined front legs and marked wings (a dark cloud over both the anterior and posterior cross-veins and a dark spot near the apex of the wing). The thorax is mainly dull with four dark longitudinal stripes, but is narrowly shining along the dorsocentrals rows. Abdomen shining with a dark central stripe. Head mainly yellow, but with triangular black patches on the occiput either side of a broad, pale, central line. Ocellar triangle dark. Antennae yellow. Legs entirely pale. Wing length: ♂ 5.3 - 6.1 - 6.7 mm (16); ♀ 6.4 - 6.7 - 7.3 mm (5).