Phrudoneura matilei Meuffels & Grootaert

Bickel, Daniel J., 2013, Phrudoneura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Australia and Melanesia, Zootaxa 3680 (1) : -

Phrudoneura matilei Meuffels & Grootaert

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Phrudoneura matilei Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002: 73 .

Type material. The male holotype and paratypes of Phrudoneura matilei were collected at Mt Humboldt, with additional male paratypes from Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia ( MNHN, not seen).

Additional material. NEW CALEDONIA: 2 3, Prov. Sud Valle De Ni, 21°59.591'S, 166°30.172'E, 18– 23.XI. 1998, 770 m; Malaise, Irwin & Webb ( INHS); 2 3, 3 Ƥ, Prov. Nord, Mt Mandjélia, 5 km WSW Puébo, 20.397ºS 164.528ºE, Malaise trap, 780 m, 27.XI.-8.XII.2000, 8–15.XII.2000, Schlinger & Irwin ( INHS); 6 3, Province, Sud. Mt Ouin, 20 km from base of road to Mt Dzumac, 22°1.7'S, 166°28'E, 860m, 29.X.-2.XII.2000, Malaise trap, Schlinger & Irwin ( INHS); 3, Prov. Sud, Mt Koghis, 17 km NNE Noumeá, 22.176°S 166.505°E, 550 m, Malaise, 24.XI.-11.XII.2000, Webb, Schlinger, & Irwin; 2 3, Mt Koghis, rainforest creek, 350 m, 13– 14.VII.1995, yellow pans, Sinclair ( CNC); 2 3, Ƥ, Pic du Pin, site 2, 22°14'S 166°50'E, 280 m, 25–26.XI.2004, Burwell & Wright, yellow pan ( QMB 11789); 3, Pic du Grand Kaori, site 1, 22°17'S, 166°53'E, 250m, rainforest, 22–23.XI.2004, yellow pans, Burwell & Wright, yellow pan ( QMB 11760); Prov. Sud, Mt Do, summit, 1000 m, 21°45'S 166°00'E, 21.XI.2000, Monteith, pyrethin spray on logs ( QMB 9919); 3, Prov. Sud, Mt Koghis, 750 m, 22°11'S 165°51'E, 29.XI.2000, Monteith, pyrethin spray on logs ( QMB 9944); Province Nord, 4 3, 6 Ƥ, Mt Panié, 700 m, 6.VI.1996, Moulds ( AMS); 2 3, 4 Ƥ, Mt Panié trail, 740 m, 10–13.XII.1990, yellow pans trap, Bickel ( AMS); 3, Mt Panié trail, 360 m, 5–16.XII.1990, Malaise trap, Mission ORSTOM ( MNHN); 3, Ƥ, Prov. Sud, Rivière Bleue, 23.5 km NNW of Plum, 22.049ºS 166.654ºE, 213 m, 27.X.-15.XII.2000, Schlinger & Irwin ( INHS); 3, Province Nord, Koumac, 20.553°S, 165.291°E, 2–13.XI.2000, Malaise trap, Webb, Schlinger & Irwin ( INHS); 3, Col d’Amieu, 9.5 km from Forestry Hut, 600 m, 18–19.VII.1995, yellow pans, Sinclair ( CNC).

Remarks. Phrudoneura matilei is a distinctive species found across most of Grande Terre. The dark brown and yellow banded pattern on the abdominal terga, the dark brown distal third of femur III in both sexes, and the pale yellow elongate digitiform male cercus are diagnostic for this species.

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FIGURE 5. Phrudoneura picta Meuffels & Grootaert; a. male habitus, left lateral. P. obscura Meuffels & Grootaert; b. male habitus, left lateral. P. parva Meuffels & Grootaert; c. male habitus, left lateral. P. matilei Meuffels & Grootaert; d. male habitus, left lateral.