Myospila Rondani, 1856

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 37

Genus Myospila Rondani

Myospila Rondani, 1856: 91 . Type-species: Musca meditabunda Fabricius, 1781 , orig. desig.

Diagnosis. Male holoptic; female with a pair of setae on frontal vitta; arista thickened in basal third, plumose; intraalars 2; dorsocentrals 2+4; prealar present but weak; postalar wall, suprasquamal ridge, prosternum, anepimeron and meron bare; katepisternals 1+2 or 2+2; posterior spiracle bare on margins; vein M curved forward towards vein R 4+5 before apex; vein R 4+5 with a few setulae at base on both wing surfaces; hind tibia without calcar; sternite 1 bare.

Comments. Twenty species are known to occur in the Australasian/Oceanian Regions. Shinonaga et al. (1991) recorded an unidentified species, as Myospila sp. , from New Caledonia. Vockeroth (1972) revised the species from New Guinea and Oceania, and M. propinqua was treated in that paper.