Musca vetustissima Walker 1849
Creators: name: Couri, Marcia S.
name: Pont, Adrian C.
name: Daugeron, Christophe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Musca
Musca vetustissima

description: 8. <i>Musca vetustissima</i> Walker, new record <i>Musca vetustissima</i> Walker, 1849: 902. Holotype female, “ New Holland ” [Australia], in BMNH (Pont 1973a: 148). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Fronto-orbital plate in both sexes silver to greyish pollinose; palpus dark, cylindrical at tip; proepisternal depression bare; scutum with four black vittae before suture that fuse into a single broad pair behind suture, the scutum thus appearing bivittate after suture; sternite 1 bare; male syntergite 1+2 entirely black. Male hypopygium as in Figs 23, 28 and 33; male aedeagus with the postgonite minute; praegonite with 1 seta; epiphallus well developed, forked at tip (Fig. 43); female ovipositor long as in Figs 55 and 56 (all Figs in Pont 1973a). <b>Material examined.</b> BMNH: <b>Vanuatu</b>: <b>Ambrym</b>: 22.vi.1925, 1 &amp;female;, P.A. Buxton. <b>Aneityoum</b>: Red Crest, 1200 feet, 3 km NE of Aneigauhat, vi.1955, 3 &amp;male;, 7 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman; xi.1930, 1 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;; x.1930, 1 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman. <b>Banks</b>: Santa Maria, Gaua, Nombur, 13.xi.1922, 1 &amp;male;; 7.x.1922, 1 &amp;female;, T.T. Barnard; Vanua Lava, x.1929, 3 &amp;female;; xi.1929, 1 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman. <b>Éfaté</b>: Port Vila, vii.1925, 1 &amp;female;, P.A. Buxton; 1922, 1 &amp;male;; 15.ix.1922, 1 &amp;female;, T.T. Barnard. <b>Epi</b>: 12.vi.1925, 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;, P.A. Buxton. <b>Erromanga</b>: vii.1930, 1 &amp;male;; ix.1930, 1 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman. <b>Malekula</b>: ii.1930, 1 &amp;male;, L.E. Cheesman; 14.vi.1925, 1 &amp;male;, P.A. Buxton; Atchin, vii.1929, 1 &amp;male;, L.E. Cheesman; Malua Bay, vi.1929, 5 &amp;male;, 8 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman; Ounua, ii.1929, 10 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;; iii–iv.1929, 2 &amp;male;, 4 &amp;female;; iv– v.1929, 5 &amp;male;, L.E. Cheesman; NE, v.1929, 3 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman. <b>Santo</b>: viii.1929, 1 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman. <b>West Santo</b>: Tatarii, 4000 feet, 10.xi.1933, 3 &amp;male;, 3 &amp;female;, J.R. Baker. <b>Tanna</b>: ix.1925, 1 &amp;female;, P.A. Buxton; x.1930, 2 &amp;female;, L.E. Cheesman. BPBM (identified as <i>Musca sorbens</i> by J.R. Vockeroth): <b>Vanuatu:</b> ix.1942, 1 &amp;female;, R.L. Dautt. <b>Éfaté</b>: Port Vila, 11.ii.1925, 1 &amp;female;, W. H. Ford. <b>Espiritu Santo</b>: SW, Tasmalum, 3 m, 4.ix.1957, 4 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, J.L. Gressitt; Luganville, 20–30.viii.1958, 1 &amp;male;, B. Malkin; Limestone Plateau N of Maat, 100 m, 17.viii.1957, 3 &amp;female;, J.L. Gressitt; Segond Channel, viii.1950, 3 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Malekula</b>: Tenmaru, 14.ix.1958, 16 &amp;male;, B. Malkin. BPBM: <b>Vanuatu</b>: <b>Ambrym:</b> 22–28.viii.1962, 1 &amp;female;; 26.viii.1962, 2 &amp;male; (1 MNHN), 2 &amp;female;; 22.viii–4.ix.1967, 1 &amp;male;, J. &amp; M. Sedlacek. <b>Aneytioum</b>: Anelgaohat, 0–200 m, xi.1978, 2 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Banks</b>: Vanoua Lava I, Sola to Chelva River, 0–20 m, 16.ix.1979, 1 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, G.M. Nishida &amp; G. A. Samuelsen. <b>Éfaté</b>: beach, 23.ii.1964, 2 &amp;female;, R. Straatman; Port Vila, ii.1959, 4 &amp;male; (1 BMNH), 1 &amp;female;; 0–100 m, iii.1970, 1 &amp;male;; i.1976, 10 &amp;male; (1 MNRJ), 9 &amp;female;; ii.1970, 2 &amp;male;, 3 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Port Vila, ii.1959, 3 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; 40 km NE Port Vila, 4.viii.1967, 1 &amp;male;, 15 &amp;female;, J. &amp; M. Sedlaceck; Havannah Harbor, 0–50 m, xi.1970, 2 &amp;female;; 19.i.1973, 6 &amp;female; (1 MNRJ), N.L.H. Krauss; Efate Pango Pt, 0–50 m, 19.iii.1970, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Sivivi, 50–150 m, 27.ii.1970, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Onesua, 0–20 m, 19.i.1973, 3 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Limestone, Plateau N. of Maat, 100 m, 18.viii.1957, 1 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, J.L. Gressitt. <b>Espiritu Santo</b>: 25 km NE Luganville, 12.iv.1964, 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;; 13.iv.1964, 2 &amp;female;, R. Straatman; Hill E of Luganville, 100 m, 9.ix.1957, 1 &amp;male;, 8 &amp;female; (1 BMNH), J.L. Gressitt; Big Bay, E Jordan River, 0–30 m, 11.ix.1979, 1 &amp;male;, W.C. Gagné. <b>Epi</b>: Vaemali, 80–150 m, 11–18.viii.1967, 1 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;; 150 m, 9– 20.viii.1967, 2 &amp;female;, Malaise trap; 10.viii.1967, 1 &amp;female;; 11–18.viii.1967, 1 &amp;female;; J. &amp; M. Sedlaceck; Lowekewou, 0–100 m, 31.viii.1979, 1 &amp;female;, W.C. Gagné, G. M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson; Vlave, 2.viii.1967, 1 &amp;male; (MNRJ), 2 &amp;female;, J. &amp; M. Sedlacek; Lamen Bay, 0–20 m, 3.ii.1976, 2 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Erromango</b>: Navolou, 300 m, 2.iii.1964, 2 &amp;female;, R. Straatman; Numpon, 250 m, 1.iii.1964, 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;, 2.iii.1964, 1 &amp;female;, Malaise trap; 28.ii.1964, 2 &amp;female;, R. Straatman; 13.iii.1978, 1 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Dillon Bay, 0–100 m, iii.1978, 16 &amp;male;, 34 &amp;female;; i.1984, 7 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;; Dillon Bay, sea level, 29.ii.1964, 2 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Ipota, 0–100 m, iii.1970, 2 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; 11 km W of Ipota, 200 m, ii.1970, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; ii.1981, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Lamen</b>: 0–100 m, i.1976, 1 &amp;male;, 5 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Maewo</b>: Sounwari, 15°23S 168°07E, 0–360 m, 4–5.ix.1979, 1 &amp;male;, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Malekula</b>: Lamap, 8–21.ix.1967, 3 &amp;female; (1 MNHN, 1 MNRJ), J. &amp; M. Sedlacek; Port Sandwich, 0–50 m, 1.ix.1979, 1 &amp;female;, W.C. Gagné, G. M. Nishida, G.A. Samuelson; Lakatoro, 22–30.ix.1967, 5 &amp;male;, 11 &amp;female;; 23.ix.1967, 2 &amp;male;, 3 &amp;female;; 29.xi.1967, 2 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, J. &amp; M. Sedlacek; 0–200 m, ii.1973, 6 &amp;male;, 13 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Pentecost</b>: 24.iii.1964, 4 &amp;female;, R. Straatman; Batnavini, 0–100 m, 3.ix.1979, 2 &amp;male;, sweeping, W.C. Gagné. <b>Tanna</b>: Lenakel, 0– 100 m, ix.1978, 2 &amp;male;, 4 &amp;female;; iii.1980, 4 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; 0–150 m, i.1977, 5 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Port Resolution, 6.iii.1970, 1 &amp;female;; 100 m, 6.vi.1970, 2 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; 0–200 m, i.1967, 1 &amp;female;; i.1973, 3 &amp;male;, 2 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; White Grass, 0–120 m, 8.iii.1980, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Loounapkaulangeus, 300–400 m, 3.iii.1970, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss; Yerou: 200–300 m, 8.iii.1970, 1 &amp;female;, N.L.H. Krauss. <b>Comments.</b> Known in Australia as the bush fly, this is the first record of the species from Vanuatu, although it was recorded as <i>M. sorbens</i> from Éfaté and Espiritu Santo as a vector of bacillary dysentery (Oman &amp; Christensen 1947). For a full redescription, see Pont (1973a). <b>Distribution.</b> Widespread in the Australasian and Oceanian Regions, from Indonesia and Australia to Hawai‘ian Is, New Caledonia (New Caledonia), Vanuatu.
description: Published as part of <i>Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. &amp; Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 2556 (1)</i> on pages 12-13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2556.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5302228
description: {"references": ["Walker, F. (1849) List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. British Museum, London, pp. 689 - 1172.", "Pont, A. C. (1973 a) Studies on Australian Muscidae (Diptera). IV. A revision of the subfamilies Muscinae and Stomoxyinae. Australian Journal of Zoology, Supplementary Series, 21, 129 - 296."]}