Musca lusoria Wiedemann, 1824

Couri, Márcia Souto, de Carvalho, Claudio J. B. & Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Taxonomy of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Namibia: a key to genera, diagnoses, new records and description of a new species, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 47-47 : 60-61

Musca lusoria Wiedemann, 1824

Diagnosis: Eye bare; fronto-orbital plate and gena silvery pollinose; anterior spiracle white; dorsocentral setae 2+4; proepisternal depression bare; scutum dark brown, with grey pollinosity and 4 dark brown vittae; dorsocentral setae 2+4; vein R 4+5 with row of ventral setulae extending at least to r–m crossvein; fore tibia without posterior seta in apical half.

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Distribution: Widespread in the continental Afrotropical Region, Indian subregion, Egypt and Iran.