Myospila novaehebudae Vockeroth, 1972

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 21-22

19. Myospila novaehebudae Vockeroth

Myospila novaehebudae Vockeroth, 1972: 106 . Holotype male, limestone plateau N of Maat , Éfaté, Vanuatu (as New Hebrides), in BPBM.

Diagnosis. Male: scutum reddish-yellow, except for a dark brown prescutellar area among the two dorsocentral rows of setae and from second postsutural dorsocentral almost to scutellum; abdomen yellow basally; tergite 3 with a broad posterior black triangular spot, which reaches the anterior margin medially; tergite 4 dark brown; tergite 5 dark brown with a narrow posterior margin reddish. Female scutum entirely reddish-yellow, very weakly pollinose; abdomen reddish-yellow shining, tergite 4 with a large dark brown triangular spot or entirely dark brown; base of tergite 5 and part of tergite 3 sometimes also dark brown.

Material examined. BMNH: Vanuatu: Éfaté: 10 km NW of Port Vila , 12–14.ii.1978, 3 ♂, S. Shinonaga . Espiritu Santo: hill E of Luganville , 100 m, ex fresh human faeces, 9.ix.1957, 1 ♀ paratype, J.L. Gressitt . Malekula: Ounua , iii–iv.1929, 2 ♂, L.E. Cheesman . Tanna: x.1930, 1 ♂, L.E. Cheesman .

BPBM: Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo: SW, Tasmalum , 3 m, 4.ix.1957, 4 ♀ paratypes, ex fresh human excrement, J.L. Gressitt; Narango, 90 m, vii.1960, 1 ♀, W.W. Brandt .

Comments. Endemic. According to Vockeroth (1972), both male and female are morphologically similar to M. aureorufa Vockeroth from Bougainville Island and differ mainly in their colour patterns.

Distribution. Vanuatu.