Furcamyia gladiatura Whittington 2003

A striking fly with a combination of yellow and dark brown colouration. Flies of this genus often hold the abdomen upright at a slanting angle.
Ground colour yellow. Thorax dark brown above. Abdomen yellow with a dark mark on tergites 3,4, and 5. Legs yellow, apex of mid and hind femora dark brown. Wing pattern hyaline and dark brown.

Original description with figures in Whittington 2003, page 138:
https://marjon.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/17296/1/Taxonomic%20revision%20of%20the%20Afrotropical%20Plastotephritinae_Whittington.pdf

iNat observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196334627

Posted on January 12, 2024 02:40 AM by traianbertau