Coenosia pumilio Stein, 1900

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2556.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5309521
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scientific name	Coenosia pumilio Stein
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28. Coenosia pumilio Stein View in CoL , new record

Coenosia pumilio Stein, 1900b: 151 View in CoL . Lectotype male, Aitape, Papua New Guinea, in ZMHU, des. Pont (1969b: 88).

Diagnosis. Small species, 2.0–3.0 mm; frons yellowish to brownish; antenna short, yellow in male, brownish in female, postpedicel with a slight point anteriorly at tip; palpus yellow; scutum uniformly grey dusted, without (male) or with (female) a pair of narrow brown vittae; 1 proepisternal seta; lower calypter projecting well beyond upper one; legs yellow; male tibiae without submedian setae; mid femur with 0 anterior and 1 posterior preapical setae.

Material examined. BPBM. Vanuatu: Éfaté: Port Vila , 0–100 m, iii.1970, 1 ♂ ( MNRJ), N.L.H. Krauss; beach, 23.i.1964, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, R. Straatman . Erromango: Dillon Bay , 0–100 m, i.1984, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss . Lamen: 0–100 m, ii.1976, 4 ♂, 3 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss .

Comments. The species is recorded for the first from Vanuatu. Couri et al. (2010) gave a detailed redescription of the species.

Distribution. New Caledonia ( New Caledonia, Isle of Pines, Loyalty Islands), PNG ( PNG), Vanuatu;? Taiwan.