Muscina levida (Harris)

Michelsen, Verner & Pont, Adrian C., 2024, Macaronesian Muscidae (Diptera). V. The genera Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy and Muscina Robineau-Desvoidy, Zootaxa 5458 (4), pp. 581-596 : 593

1. Muscina levida (Harris)

Muscina assimilis (Fallén) ; Becker 1908a: 112 (Tenerife); Frey 1936: 136 (Gran Canaria); Séguy 1936: 24 (Azores); Frey 1945: 106 (Azores); Hennig 1962: 761 ff. (Azores, Canary Is., Madeira); Kirchberg 1967: 334 (La Palma); Santos Abréu 1976: 134 ff. (Canary Is.); Báez 1983: 181 ff., pl. 3 figs 5, 6 (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma).

Muscina levida (Harris) ; Pont 1986: 60 (Azores, Canary Is., Madeira); Vikhrev & Esin 2023: 35 (Tenerife).

Material examined. CANARY ISLANDS: [ NHMD] GRAN CANARIA: El Risco , 28°02’N 15°43’W, 150‒200m, 2♂, 2♀ 7‒12.i.2014 ( V. Michelsen). TENERIFE: Arico, 2♂, 2♀ 16.i.2006 ( V. Michelsen); Guayonge, 28°29´N 16°24´W, c. 420m, 1♂ 16.ii.2008 ( V. Michelsen); Los Carrizales, 28°19’N 16°51’W, 350‒700m, 1♂ 10‒16.i.2012 ( V. Michelsen);. LA GOMERA: El Rincon, 1♀ 20.xi.2002; La Laja, 28°06´N 17°11´W, 480‒600m, 3♂, 2♀ 22‒ 29.i.2016 ( V. Michelsen); Lomito Fragoso, 28°07’N 17°10’W, 220‒250m, 1♀ 24‒29.i.2020 ( V. Michelsen) .

Distribution. A widespread Holarctic species found in the Azores, Madeira and western Canary Is. (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera and La Palma).