Hydrotaea australis Malloch, 1962

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 24

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10537975
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scientific name	Hydrotaea australis Malloch
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13. Hydrotaea australis Malloch View in CoL

Hydrotaea australis Malloch, 1923a: 667 View in CoL , 668. Holotype male, South Queensland, Australia, in BMNH ( Pont, 1973a: 232).

Hydrotaea australis View in CoL ; Pont, 1989: 676; Shinonaga et al., 1991: 330.

Diagnosis. Body colour brown dusted, only partially metallic, abdominal tergites 3–5 with dense grey pollinosity from certain angles and with a brown median stripe; posterior margin of eyes straight; anterior katepisternal seta developed; male fore femur with a ventral depression near apex and a strong modified seta close to the depression; wing entirely covered with microtrichia; male aedeagus with praegonite with one seta. Male terminalia as in Figs 113, 122, 126 and 130 and female ovipositor as in Figs 134 and 135 (all in Pont, 1973a).

Material examined: MNHN: New Caledonia: Nouméa : Anse Vata, viii.1958, J. Rageau, 1 ♂, Shinonaga det.

NSMT: New Caledonia: Col de Pétchécara : 15 km W of Thio, 25.ii.1978, 1 ♂, S. Shinonaga. (not seen) .

BPBM: New Caledonia: Canala : 11.xi.1958, 1 ♂, C.R. Joyce. Nouméa: Anse Vata: 15.xi.1958, 1 ♀, C.R. Joyce .

Comments. Recorded from Col de Pétchécara by Shinonaga et al. (1991). Redescription, comments on types, details on geographic records and biology in Pont (1973a).

Distribution. Australia (NSW, NT, WA), New Caledonia ( New Caledonia); Oriental Region.