Furcantenna malayana

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Furcantenna malayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Flies
Suborder: Aschiza
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Furcantenna
Species: F. malayana
Binomial name
Furcantenna malayana
Reemer, 2020

Diagnosis

Furcantenna malayana is the only known species of the genus with a partly yellow face and vertex, and a bare metasternum. The whitish apical half of the wing is also characteristic.

Description

“MALAYA: 3 mi. / SE. Ipoh / 50m VII-10-62”; label 2: “Collectors: / E.S. Ross / D.Q. Cavagnaro”.

Distribution

Malaysia

Biology

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