Musca Linnaeus

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 10-11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2556.1.1
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scientific name	Musca Linnaeus
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Genus Musca Linnaeus View in CoL , new record

Musca Linnaeus, 1758: 589 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Type-species: Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL , des. I.C.Z.N., Opinion 82 (1925).

Diagnosis. Body colour non metallic. Male holoptic; eye bare; arista enlarged on basal fourth, long-plumose; presutural acrostichals not developed; dorsocentrals 2+4; prosternum setulose; anepimeron setulose; katepisternals 1:2; lower calypter broad, truncate posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum; mid tibia without ventral seta; vein M with an angular forward bend towards vein R 4+ 5 in apical part.

Comments. The genus is represented by 10 species in the Australasian and Oceanian Regions ( Pont 1989), and is here recorded from Vanuatu for the first time, on the basis of three species: Musca domestica Linnaeus , Musca ventrosa Wiedemann and Musca vetustissima Walker , the latter two also recently recorded from New Caledonia ( Couri et al. 2010).