Musca Linnaeus, 1758

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 20

Genus Musca Linnaeus

Musca Linnaeus, 1758: 589 . Type-species: Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 , des. I.C.Z.N., Opinion 82 (1925).

Diagnosis. Body colour non-metallic. Male holoptic; eye bare; arista enlarged on basal fourth, long-plumose; presutural acrostichals not developed; dorsocentrals 2+4; prosternum setulose; anepimeron setulose; katepisternals 1:2; lower calypter broad, truncate posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum; mid tibia without ventral seta; vein M with an angular forward bend towards vein R 4+ 5 in apical part.

Comments. Ten species of Musca have been recorded from the Australasian/Oceanian Regions and M. domestica and M. terraereginae from New Caledonia ( Pont, 1989). Musca ventrosa and M. vetustissima are new records for the island and are deposited in the BPBM collection. The Australian Muscinae were revised by Pont (1973a) and all these species were treated in that revision.