Orchisia costata (Meigen)

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 47-48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10538033
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scientific name	Orchisia costata (Meigen)
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35. Orchisia costata (Meigen) View in CoL

Sapromyza costata Meigen, 1826: 266 . Holotype female, West Europe, in MNHNP ( Pont, 1986a: 218).

Orchisia costata View in CoL ; Bezzi, 1928: 170; Emden, 1942: 98; Snyder, 1965: 217; Pont, 1989: 697.

Diagnosis. Wing conspicuously darkened along anterior half of wing; scutellum with only the apical pair of setae.

Material examined: BPBM: New Caledonia: Beach near La Foa : 19.xi.1958, 2 ♀, C.R. Joyce.Canala: 0– 5 m, 22.ix.1979, 1 ♂, W. C. Gagné, G.M. Nishida & G.A. Samuelson. Junction Humboldt & Kalouchola Riv: 100 m, 14.xii.1963, 1 ♀, R. Straatman. Nouméa: Ile Marte, viii.1950, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss. Plateau de Dogny: 20.xi.1958, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNHN), C.R. Joyce. Thio: 11.xi.1958, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ), C.R. Joyce. Tontouta R.: 7.xi.1958, 1 ♀ ( BMNH), C.R. Joyce.Yambi: NE, 50–500 m, 14.x.1967, 1 ♀, newly cleared forest, J. & M. Sedlacek. Isle of Pines: 7 km N Kuto, 30–100 m, 16.viii.1979, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ), G.A. Samuelson .

BMNH: New Caledonia: Plum : 8.viii.1949, 1 ♀, L.E. Cheesman. Tinchialit: 2020 feet, 21.ix–3.x.1949, 1 ♀, L.E. Cheesman .

Distribution. Australia (Qld), Belau, Bonin Is, Fiji, Micronesia, New Caledonia ( New Caledonia, Isle of Pines), Northern Marianas, Western Samoa; Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic Regions.

Comments. The species was not listed by Shinonaga et al. (1991).