Pygophora Schiner

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 30

Genus Pygophora Schiner

P ygophora Schiner, 1868: 295. Type-species: Pygophora apicalis Schiner, 1868 , orig. des.

Diagnosis. Frons wide, wider at anterior margin than at vertex; two pairs of reclinate orbital setae; frontal triangle short; arista with long hairs only on basal half, apical half bare; prestomal teeth developed; dorsocentrals 1+3, the presutural seta sometimes preceded by a short seta; fore tibia with one long median posteroventral seta; hind tibia with 1 anteroventral, 2 anterodorsal and 2 posterodorsal setae, without a posteroventral apical seta.

Comments. Pont (1989) listed 41 species from the Australasian/Oceanian Regions, four of which were recorded from Vanuatu: P. caledonica (Bigot) , P.hirtimana Malloch , P. hopkinsi Malloch and P. respondens (Walker) . Crosskey (1962) revised the genus, and these four species were keyed and redescribed.