Anthomyia malagasica, Ackland, 2001

Ackland, D. M., 2001, Revision of afrotropical Anthomyia Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), with descriptions of ten new species, African Invertebrates 42, pp. 1-94 : 64

Anthomyia abyssinica superspecies

Whether this grouping has any validity is unclear. It consists of the remaining afrotropical species, some of which are difficult to identify (especially without resort to dissection of the male genitalia) They all have the setula on the ventral margin of the postgonite slender and situated on the margin, and the postgonite is of similar shape. In most of the species included here, the membranous lobe on the processes of the 5th sternite is small or very small. A. abyssinica has a plumose arista and long costal spine(s) and spinules on the wing costa; while singularis has a very distinctive black and white scutal pattern in both sexes. I include in this superspecies abyssinica Jaennicke , singularis (Stein) , malagasica sp. n., subabyssinica sp. n., acutula sp. n., and subornata sp. n.