Dichaetomyia vicaria (Walker)

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 20

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5309479
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scientific name	Dichaetomyia vicaria (Walker)
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17. Dichaetomyia vicaria (Walker) View in CoL

Aricia vicaria Walker, 1859: 130 . Holotype female, Maluku, Kei Islands [as “Key Islands”], in BMNH ( Pont 1969a: 242).

Dichaetomyia vicaria View in CoL ; Pont, 1969a: 242; Pont, 1989: 684.

Diagnosis. Palpus brown; scutum wholly yellow, without dark vittae; pleura yellow; anepimeral setae black and yellow; scutellum bare on lateral and ventral surfaces; dorsocentrals 2+4; wing clear; fore tibia without submedian posterior seta; hind femur without posteroventral setae; abdomen uniformly grey or whitish-grey dusted. Male sternite 5 and terminalia as in Figs 72, 75 and 78 of Pont (1969a).

Material examined. BMNH: Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo: Hog Harbour , 1 ♀, viii.1925, P.A. Buxton. Malekula: 1 ♀, 14.vi.1925, P.A. Buxton; Ounua , 2 ♀, ii & iii–iv.1929, L.E. Cheesman. Pentecost: 1 ♂, 20.vi.1925, P.A. Buxton. All listed in Pont (1969a: 247) .

BPBM: Vanuatu: Banks: Vanoua Lava I., 2 km W Sola , 0–30 m, 17.ix.1979, 1 ♀, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson . Éfaté: Port Vila , 0–100 m, ii.1970, 1 ♀; iii.1970, 2 ♂ (1 BMNH) ; viii.1950, 2 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss; beach, 23.ii.1964, 1 ♀, R. Straatman; NW, Limestone Plateau N of Maat , 100 m, 18.viii.1957, 2 ♂ (1 MNHN), 1 ♀ ( MNHN) ; 20.viii.1957, J.L. Gressitt. Emae: Mt. Tavani, Talimasa , 0–434 m, 30.viii.1979, 1 ♀, W.C. Gagné, G.M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson . Epi: Vaemali , 150 m, 10.viii.1967, 1 ♂ ( MNRJ) ; 9–20.viii.1967, 1 ♂, J. & M. Sedlacek ; 80–150 m, 11–18.viii.1967, 1 ♂, J. & M. Sedlacek . Erromango: Numpon , 250 m, 2.iii.1964, 1 ♂, R. Straatman; 11 km W of Ipota , 100–200 m, ii.1970, 6 ♂, 2 ♀; Dillon Bay , sea level , 29.ii.1964, 1 ♀, sweeping, R. Straatman ; 0–100 m, iii.1978, 1 ♀ ( BMNH), N.L.H. Krauss . Espiritu Santo: Narango, 90 m, vi.1960, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, W.W. Brandt; Luganville , 100 m, 9.ix.1957, 1 ♂, ex human excrement, J.L. Gressitt; Segondo Channel , viii.1950, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss . Lemen: 0–100 m, i.1976, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss . Maewo: Kerepei , 0–200 m, xii.1983, 3 ♀, N.L.H. Krauss . Malekula: Lakatoro , xi.1973, 1 ♀; 23.ix– 19.x.1967, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 22–30.ix.1967, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( MNRJ), J. & M. Sedlacek; Lamap , 8–21.ix.1967, 2 ♂, 12 ♀, J. & M. Sedlacek . Pentecost: NE, 25.iii.1964, 1 ♂, R. Straatman . Tanna: Lenakel , 0–200 m, i.1977, 1 ♂, N.L.H. Krauss .

Distribution. Australia (NT, Qld), Belau, Fiji, Indonesia (West Papua, Maluku), Marshall Is, Micronesia, Niue, Northern Marianas, PNG (Bismarck Arch, Bougainville I., PNG), Solomon Is, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Western Samoa; Oriental Region.

Comments. Pont (1969a) redescribed the species and provided the first records from Vanuatu (as New Hebrides), based on material in the BMNH collection.