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Nostima duoseta

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Nostima duoseta
Nostima duoseta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Ephydridae
Subfamily: Ilytheinae
Tribe: Hyadinini
Genus: Nostima
Species:
N. duoseta
Binomial name
Nostima duoseta

Nostima duoseta is a species of shore fly.[2][3]

Description

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As shown in the page image, N. duoseta has patterns on the body and wings. These patterns are present in most species of Nostima. The species can be distinguished from all other Nostima by the aristae of the antennae not being pectinate (not having long branches).[4]

Distribution

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Australia, New Zealand.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cresson, E. T. Jr. (1943). "Descriptions of new genera and species of the dipterous family Ephydridae. XIII". Notulae Entomologicae. 121: 1–4.
  2. ^ a b Edmiston, James F.; Mathis, Wayne N. (2007). "New Zealand species of the shore-fly genus Nostima Coquillett (Diptera: Ephydridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1661: 1–16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1661.1.1. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ Mathis, W.N.; Zatwarnicki, T. (1995). "World catalog of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae)". Memoirs of Entomology, International. 4: 1–423.
  4. ^ Edmiston, J.F.; Mathis, W.N. (2005). "A revision of the New World species of the shore-fly genus Nostima Coquillett (Diptera:Ephydridae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 623: 1–108. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.623. Retrieved 29 January 2022.