Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp)

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 16-17

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2556.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5309473
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scientific name	Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp)
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14. Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp) View in CoL

Cyrtoneura nudiseta Wulp, 1883: 42 View in CoL . Holotype female, Argentina, in ZMAN (seen).

Synthesiomyia nudiseta View in CoL ; Pont, 1989: 676.

Diagnosis. A large species, easily distinguished by the orange-red antenna, bare arista, and orange-red tip of abdominal tergite 5.

Material examined. BMNH: Vanuatu: Aneityum: Red Crest , 1200 feet, 3 miles NE of Anelgauhat, vi.1955, 1 ♂, L.E. Cheesman . Éfaté: Port Vila [as Sandwich Island, Vila], 25.xii.1922, 1 ♂, T.T. Barnard .

BPBM: Vanuatu: Malekula: Lamap , 19–21.ix.1967, 1 ♀ ; 25.ix.1967, 1 ♀ ; 8–21.ix.1967, 1 ♀, J. & M. Sedlacek.

Comments. This species was first recorded from Vanuatu by Pont (1989) on the basis of the BMNH specimens listed above.

Distribution. Australia (NSW, Qld), Bonin Is, Easter I., Fiji, French Polynesia (Marquesas, Society Is), Guam, Hawai‘ian Is, Lord Howe I., Norfolk I., PNG ( PNG), New Caledonia ( New Caledonia), Tonga, Vanuatu, Wake I., Western Samoa; tropicopolitan.