Phrudoneura picta Meuffels & Grootaert

Bickel, Daniel J., 2013, Phrudoneura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Australia and Melanesia, Zootaxa 3680 (1) : -

Phrudoneura picta Meuffels & Grootaert

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Phrudoneura picta Meuffels & Grootaert, 2002: 74 .

Type material. The male holotype of Phrudoneura picta was collected at Rivière Bleue, New Caledonia ( MNHN, not seen).

Additional material. NEW CALEDONIA: 3, Province Sud, Col d’Amieu, 7.5 km NW Sarraméa; 21.585°S, 165.819°E, 300 m; 25.XI.-7.XII.2000, Malaise trap, Irwin, Schlinger, & Webb ( INHS).

Remarks. Phrudoneura picta is rare in collections, and only two male specimens are known from Province Sud. The thorax and legs are almost entirely yellow apart from a dark brown spot on the mesepimeron.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Phrudoneura picta Meuffels & Grootaert; a. male habitus, left lateral. P. obscura Meuffels & Grootaert; b. male habitus, left lateral. P. parva Meuffels & Grootaert; c. male habitus, left lateral. P. matilei Meuffels & Grootaert; d. male habitus, left lateral.