Musca terraereginae Johnston & Bancroft, 1920: 31 Pont (1973a: 180) Musca terraereginae Shinonaga et al. , 1991: 330 The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503 Couri, Marcia S. Pont, Adrian C. Daugeron, Christophe Zootaxa 2010 2010-06-11 2503 1 1 61 44PR8 Johnston & Bancroft 1920 [180,432,781,807] Insecta Muscidae Musca Animalia Diptera 20 21 Arthropoda species terraereginae     Musca terraereginae  Johnston & Bancroft, 1920: 31. Lectotypemale, Eidsvold, Qld, Australia, in QM, des.  Pont (1973a: 180).    Musca terraereginae;  Shinonaga et al., 1991: 330.   Diagnosis.Male eyes very developed, touching in middle; proepisternal depression bare (some specimens with a few hairs ( Pont, 1973a)); suprasquamal ridge bare; male abdominal tergites (at least syntergite 1+2 and tergite 3) with a median dorsal brown vitta; tergite 5 almost entirely brown. Male hypopygium as in Figs 26, 31and 36; male aedeagus with a small postgonite (Fig 41); praegonite with 1 seta; epiphallus well developed, rounded at tip (Fig. 46); female ovipositor long as in Figs 61 and 62 (all Figs in Pont, 1973a).   Material examined:  MNHN:  New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu:  20 kmSW de Canara,  20.ii.1978, 1 ♂( MNRJ), H. Kurahashi, Shinonaga det. Hienghène: 21–22.ii.1978, 1 ♀, S. Shinonaga, Shinonaga det. Hienghène to Bourail:  23.ii.1978, 1 ♂, H. Shima, Shinonagadet.   NSMT:  New Caledonia: Col de Pétchécara,  15 kmW of Thio,   19.ii.1978, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, H. Kurahashi;  9 ♀, S. Shinonaga;   25.ii.1978, 1 ♂, 4 ♀. Hienghèneto Bourail:   23.ii.1978, 1 ♂, H. Kurahashi. Thio:  50 kmE of Nouméa,   18.ii.1978, 2 ♀, S. Shinonaga.   Comments.First recorded from New Caledoniaby Shinonaga et al. (1991). Data on immature stages and biological cycle in Johnston & Bancroft (1920). Redescription, comments on types, synonymies, details on geographic records and biology in Pont (1973a).   Distribution. Australia(Qld, ACT, NSW, NT, WA), New Caledonia( New Caledonia). 1978-02-20 MNHN, MNRJ New Caledonia Col d'Amieu 20 21 1 1 [272,794,1205,1231] MNRJ New Caledonia Hienghene Kurahashi 20 21 1 [285,910,1242,1268] 1978-02-23 MNRJ New Caledonia H. Shima & Shinonaga Bourail 20 21 1 1 [198,925,1279,1306] NSMT New Caledonia Col de Petchecara 20 21 1 [937,1344,1279,1306] 1978-02-19 NSMT New Caledonia Kurahashi 20 21 2 1 1 NSMT New Caledonia Shinonaga 20 21 9 9 [296,828,1317,1343] 1978-02-25 NSMT New Caledonia Hienghene Bourail 20 21 5 4 1 1978-02-23 NSMT New Caledonia Thio 20 21 1 1 [265,614,1354,1380] 1978-02-18 NSMT New Caledonia Shinonaga 20 21 2 2