Lispe bengalensis (Robineau-Desvoidy)

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 43

28. Lispe bengalensis (Robineau-Desvoidy)

Limnophora bengalensis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 518 . Holotype female, “ Bengale ” [ India or Bangladesh], in MNHN (seen).

Lispe tetrastigma Schiner ; Hennig, 1960: 458.

Lispe cyrtoneurina ; Shinonaga et al., 1991: 332 (misidentification).

Lispe bengalensis ; Pont, 1989: 692.

Diagnosis. A large dark species; antenna dark brown, apex of pedicel yellow; palpus brown, reddish at base and dark brown at apex, apex slightly expanded; femora with rows of anteroventral and posteroventral spinules in apical half; abdomen elongated; abdominal syntergite 1+2 with 2 medio-lateral round brown marks, tergites 3 and 4 with 2 lateral light brown marks touching basal and apical margins and leaving a silvery-grey area anterolaterally; tergite 5 with no marks; tergite 5 with 4 long discal and 6 long apical setae.

Material examined: NSMT: New Caledonia: Hienghène : 21–22.ii.1978, 1 ♂, H. Kurahashi .

BPBM: New Caledonia: Hienghène : 10–150 m, 14–17.viii.1979, 1 ♀ , G. M. Nishida. Nouméa: Anse Vata , 23.x.1958, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ) , C.R. Joyce. Oua Tom : 20.ix.1940, 1 ♀ ( MNHN) , F.X. Williams. Ouano Beach : 12.xi.1958, 1 ♀ ( BMNH) , C.R. Joyce. Pouébo: 20–100 m, 3.ii.1964, 1 ♀, R. Straatman. Yiambi: NE, 1–50 m, 15.x.1967, 1 ♀, J. & M. Sedlacek. 2 km SE Timbia: Nogue , 0–5 m, 20.ix.1979, sweeping, 1 ♀ , W. C. Gagné .

Comments. This species was mistakenly recorded from New Caledonia by Shinonaga et al. (1991) as L. cyrtoneurina Stein , but this identification was later corrected to L. bengalensis (email from Dr Shinonaga, 21 August 2009).

Distribution. Australia (NSW), French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society Is), New Caledonia ( New Caledonia); Afrotropical, Oriental and South Palearctic Regions.