Helina flavoextrema Couri, Pont & Daugeron, 2010

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 21

18. Helina flavoextrema Couri, Pont & Daugeron , new record

Helina flavoextrema Couri, Pont & Daugeron, 2010 . Holotype male, New Caledonia, Pouébo , in BPBM.

Diagnosis. A non-metallic, yellowish-grey dusted species; dorsocentrals 2+3; prealar present, much shorter than posterior notopleuron; meron bare; scutellum bare on sides and on ventral surface; cross-veins clear; halter yellow; legs yellow with tarsi brown; fore tibia without a submedian posterior seta; hind tibia with a short posterodorsal seta near base; extreme apex of abdominal tergite 5 pale yellowish.

Material examined. BPBM: Vanuatu: Ambrym : 22.viii–4.ix.1967, 12 ♂ (1 MNRJ, 1 BMNH) , 3 ♀; 22– 28.viii.1967, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, J. & M. Sedlacek; Ranon to Mt Toyo , 0–500 m , 2.ix.1979, 1 ♀, W.C. Gagné, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson. Éfaté: 8 km W Forari ( Radier ), 175–220 m , 21–23.viii.1979, 3 ♀ (1 BMNH), G.M. Nishida . Epi: Vaemali , 6–10.viii.1967, 8 ♂ (1 MNHN) , 1 ♀ ( MNRJ) ; 11–18.viii.1967, 8 ♂ (1 BMNH); 150 m , 9–20.viii.1967, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ), J. & M. Sedlacek . Espiritu Santo: 25 km NE, Luganville , 13.iv.1964, 2 ♀, R. Straatman. Malekula: Lamap , 8–21.ix.1967, 1 ♂; 11–18.viii.1967, 3 ♀, J. & M. Sedlacek. Tanna: Lenakel , 0– 150 m , iii.1970, 1 ♀ ( BMNH), N.L.H. Krauss .

Distribution. New Caledonia ( New Caledonia), Vanuatu.

Comments. The species was recently described from New Caledonia ( Couri et al. 2010), and is here newly recorded from Vanuatu.