Poecilosomella brevisecunda

Taxobox
name = "Poecilosomella brevisecunda"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Acalyptratae
superfamilia = Sphaeroceroidea
familia = Sphaeroceridae
subfamilia = Limosininae
genus = "Poecilosomella"
species = "P. brevisecunda"
binomial = "Poecilosomella brevisecunda"
binomial_authority = Papp, 2002

"Poecilosomella brevisecunda" is a species of fly belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae. It has only been recorded from Gunung Leuser National Park in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

This is a tiny fly up to 2 mm in length. It is a generally dark brown species with prominent light-coloured rings on the legs and a shiny yellowish facial plate. The wings are also dark, with pale crossveins. The halteres have a yellow stalk with a brown knob.

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://actazool.nhmus.hu/48/lpapp.pdf |title=Eighteen new Oriental species of "Poecilosomella" Duda (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) |journal=Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae |volume=48 (2) |year=2002 |author=L. Papp |pages=107-156