Lispe Latreille

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 24

Genus Lispe Latreille

Lispe Latreille, 1796: 169 . Type-species: Musca tentaculata De Geer, 1776 , by subsequent mon. ( Latreille 1802: 462).

Diagnosis. Male dichoptic; fronto-orbital plate and parafacial setulose; palpus enlarged apically, spatulate; prestomal teeth strongly developed; without setae on frontal vitta or proclinate orbital setae; prosternum and proepisternal depression bare; dorsocentral setae 0–2+2–4; prealar seta absent; anepimeron setulose in centre; lower proepimeral seta upcurved; katepisternals 1:2; sternite 1 setulose; male: gonopod absent; female: ovipositor with segment 8 directed upwards and with spinules; hypoproct elongated and with spines.

Comments. The genus has been represented in Vanuatu by two species, L. assimilis Wiedemann and L. fuscipalpis Malloch. A third species, L. nicobarensis Schiner , was found among the examined material and is recorded for the first time.