Musca ventrosa Wiedemann, 1830: 656 Pont (1973a: 164) The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503 Couri, Marcia S. Pont, Adrian C. Daugeron, Christophe Zootaxa 2010 2010-06-11 2503 1 1 61 8CWPY Wiedemann Wiedemann 1830 [180,532,1610,1636] Insecta Muscidae Musca Animalia Diptera 20 21 Arthropoda species ventrosa      Musca ventrosa Wiedemann, 1830: 656. Lectotypemale, China, in NMW, des.  Pont (1973a: 164).   Diagnosis.Fronto-orbital plates in both sexes silver to greyish pollinose; palpus dark, cylindrical in male, a little enlarged and flattened in female; scutum bluish with grey pollinosity, two very narrow black presutural vittae; legs black; abdomen entirely orange-yellow; sternite 1 bare. Male hypopygium as in Figs 24, 29 and 34; male aedeagus with the postgonite minute; praegonite without setae ( Fig. 39); epiphallus well developed, rounded at tip (Fig. 44); female ovipositor long as in Figs 57 and 58 (all Figs in Pont, 1973a).   Material examined:  BPBM:  New Caledonia:  7.iv.1945, 1 ♀, H.E. Milliron. La Crouen: 12.iii.1961, 2 ♂, J. Sedlacek. Nouméa: 20.ii.1963, 1 ♂, light trap, C.M. Yoshimoto & N.L.H. Krauss.   Comments.  Thisis the first record of the species in New Caledonia. Redescription, comments on types, synonymies, details on geographical records and biology in Pont (1973a).   Distribution. Australia(NT, Qld, WA), Indonesia(Western New Guinea, Maluku), New Caledonia( New Caledonia), PNG( PNG), Solomon Is; Afrotropical and Oriental Regions. [451,1234,1970,1996] 1945-04-07 BPBM H. E. Milliron. La Crouen New Caledonia Milliron. La Crouen 20 21 1 1 New Caledonia This Redescription 21 22 1