Poecilosomella conspicua

Taxobox
name = "Poecilosomella conspicua"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Muscomorpha
zoosectio = Schizophora
zoosubsectio = Acalyptratae
superfamilia = Sphaeroceroidea
familia = Sphaeroceridae
subfamilia = Limosininae
genus = "Poecilosomella"
species = "P. conspicua"
binomial = "Poecilosomella conspicua"
binomial_authority = Papp, 2002

"Poecilosomella conspicua" is a distinctive species of fly belonging to the family Sphaeroceridae. It is only known from the Crocker Range, Sabah in northern Borneo.

This is a large and robust fly compared to most of its congeners, with a body length of up to 3 mm. The body is generally dark with prominent yellow rings on the legs and yellow base to the halteres. The wings are brown with some darker and lighter markings.

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