Coenosia Meigen, 1826

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503, Zootaxa 2503 (1), pp. 1-61 : 44-45

Genus Coenosia Meigen

Coenosia Meigen, 1826: 210 . Type-species: Musca tigrina Fabricius, 1775 , des. Westwood (1840: 143).

Diagnosis. Male dichoptic; one pair of reclinate orbital setae; frons parallel-sided, longer than wide; labella reduced, prestomal teeth well developed; prealar seta absent; lower proepimeral seta directed downwards; dorsocentrals 1+3 (rarely 2+3); anepimeron bare; katepisternals 1:1:1, arranged in an equilateral triangle; scutellum with both pairs of setae developed; lower calypter about 1.8 times as long as upper one; hind femur with two preapical setae, anterodorsal and dorsal; hind tibia with one submedian anterodorsal seta and usually only one anteroventral; sternite 1 bare; male hypandrium tubular; female ovipositor long and with many microtrichia.

Comments. Only one species recorded from New Caledonia. Curran (1929) mentioned one female (as Coenosia sp. ), which he was unable to identify .