Musca terraereginae, Johnston & Bancroft, 1920

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 21

8. Musca terraereginae Johnston & Bancroft

Musca terraereginae Johnston & Bancroft, 1920: 31. Lectotype male, Eidsvold, Qld, Australia, in QM, des. Pont (1973a: 180).

Musca terraereginae ; Shinonaga et al., 1991: 330.

Diagnosis. Male eyes very developed, touching in middle; proepisternal depression bare (some specimens with a few hairs ( Pont, 1973a)); suprasquamal ridge bare; male abdominal tergites (at least syntergite 1+2 and tergite 3) with a median dorsal brown vitta; tergite 5 almost entirely brown. Male hypopygium as in Figs 26 , 31 and 36 ; male aedeagus with a small postgonite (Fig 41); praegonite with 1 seta; epiphallus well developed, rounded at tip (Fig. 46); female ovipositor long as in Figs 61 and 62 (all Figs in Pont, 1973a).

Material examined: MNHN: New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu : 20 km SW de Canara, 20.ii.1978, 1 ♂ ( MNRJ) , H. Kurahashi , Shinonaga det. Hienghène : 21–22.ii.1978, 1 ♀, S. Shinonaga, Shinonaga det. Hienghène to Bourail : 23.ii.1978, 1 ♂, H. Shima, Shinonaga det.

NSMT: New Caledonia: Col de Pétchécara , 15 km W of Thio , 19.ii.1978, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, H. Kurahashi ; 9 ♀, S. Shinonaga ; 25.ii.1978, 1 ♂, 4 ♀. Hienghène to Bourail : 23.ii.1978, 1 ♂, H. Kurahashi. Thio : 50 km E of Nouméa , 18.ii.1978, 2 ♀, S. Shinonaga .

Comments. First recorded from New Caledonia by Shinonaga et al. (1991). Data on immature stages and biological cycle in Johnston & Bancroft (1920). Redescription, comments on types, synonymies, details on geographic records and biology in Pont (1973a).

Distribution. Australia (Qld, ACT, NSW, NT, WA), New Caledonia ( New Caledonia).

Figures

FIGURES 17–26. Dichaetomyia shinonagai, sp. nov. 17–20. Male terminalia. 17. Sternite 5. 18. Cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view. 19. Cercal plate and surstylus, lateral view. 20. Aedeagus, lateral view. 21–22. Female. 21. Ovipositor, dorsal view. 22. Ovipositor, ventral view and spermathecae. 23–26. Larva. 23. Anterior segments. 24. Posterior segments. 25. Cephalopharyngeal skeleton. 26. Posterior spiracle.

FIGURES 27–34. 27–33. Helina flavoextrema, sp. nov. 27–30. Male terminalia. 27. Sternite 5. 28. Cercal plate and surstylus, dorsal view. 29. Cercal plate and surstylus, lateral view. 30. Aedeagus, lateral view. 31–33. Female. 31. Ovipositor, dorsal view. 32. Ovipositor, ventral view and spermathecae. 33. Egg, lateral view. 34. Limnophora longiantennata, sp. nov., ovipositor, lateral view and spermatheca.

FIGURES 35–40. 35–37. Pygophora caledonica (Bigot). Male terminalia. 35. Abdomen, lateral view. 36. Sternite 5, dorsal view. 37. Aedeagus, lateral view. 38–40. Pygophora spinifera, sp. nov., male terminalia. 38. Sternite 5, dorsal view. 39. Lobe of sternite 5, lateral view. 40. Aedeagus, lateral view.