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Microprosopa pallidicauda (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: ScathophaginaeGenus: Microprosopa
Species:
Microprosopa pallidicauda (Zetterstedt, 1838)
tvk:
NBNSYS0000030393
SUMMARY
Face frons and jowls yellow and contrasting strongly with the dark grey dusted orbits. Occiput grey dusted. Proboscis shining black. Antennae small and dark. Palps strongly widened, globular and mainly yellow. Legs entirely yellow. Anterior wing veins yellow, darkening towards the apex and posterior margin. Wing length: ♂ 3.5 - 4.1 - 4.7 mm (52); ♀ 3.7 - 4.3 - 4.8 mm (10).