Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delfinado, 1980

Munari, L., 2004, Beach Flies (Diptera: Tethinidae: Tethininae) From Australia and Papua New Guinea, with Descriptions of Two New Genera and Ten New Species, Records of the Australian Museum 56 (1), pp. 29-56 : 46

Dasyrhicnoessa vockerothi Hardy & Delfinado, 1980

Mathis & Sasakawa, 1989: 667; Mathis & Munari, 1996: 12–13; Munari, 2002: 548, 550.

Material examined. Australia, New South Wales: Lord Howe I., North Bay , on beach, 21.ii.1971, D.K. McAlpine, 1233 3♀♀ ; ibidem, 24.ii.1971, 833 6♀♀; Australia, Northern Territory: Smith Point, Cobourg Pen. , 5.iii.1996, D.K. McAlpine, 3833 14♀♀ . Australia, Queensland: Lloyd Bay , 3 mi N of Claudie River mouth, on beach, 25.xii.1971, D.K. McAlpine and G.A. Holloway, 13 . Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Ela Beach , 6.x.1963, D.K. McAlpine, 433; ibidem, 16.x.1963, D.K. McAlpine, 333 2 (cf.) ♀♀.[ AM]

Distribution. Afrotropical: Seychelles (Aldabra, Mahé). Australasian/Oceanian: Australia (NSW, NT, QLD) [new distribution], Caroline Islands ( Truk, Palau), Gilbert Islands, Hawaii (Hawaii, Hilo, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, Oahu), Mariana Islands ( Guam, Saipan), Marshall Islands,? New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea [new distribution], Wake Island. Oriental: Japan (Ryukyus), Sri Lanka, Malaysia ( Sarawak).

Remarks. A rather common, Indopacific species characterized by having uniformly yellowish body and male terminalia with anterior surstylus of peculiar and unmistakable shape ( Sasakawa, 1995, fig. 6).

aquila Munari, 2002 .................... Australasian/Oceanian atripes n.sp.................................. Australasian/Oceanian bicolor Munari, 2002 .................. Australasian/Oceanian boninensis Sasakawa, 1995......... Australasian/Oceanian ciliata n.sp................................... Australasian/Oceanian clandestina Munari, 2002 ........... Australasian/Oceanian ferruginea ( Lamb, 1914) ............. Afrotropical, South Indian Ocean Islands, Oriental, Australasian/Oceanian fulva ( Hendel, 1913) .................... Oriental fulvescens Malloch, 1935 ............ Australasian/Oceanian humilis n.sp.................................. Australasian/Oceanian insularis ( Aldrich, 1931) ............. Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Australasian/ Oceanian longisetosa n.sp........................... Australasian/Oceanian mathisi Munari, 2002 .................. South Pacific Islands macalpinei n.sp............................ Australasian/Oceanian ostentatrix n.sp............................ Australasian/Oceanian pallida n.sp.................................. Australasian/Oceanian platypes Sasakawa, 1986 a ............ Oriental priapus n.sp................................. Australasian/Oceanian serratula Malloch, 1935 b , sp.inq. Australasian/Oceanian sexseriata ( Hendel, 1913) ........... Oriental, Australasian/ Oceanian tripunctata Sasakawa, 1974 ........ Oriental, Australasian/ Oceanian vockerothi Hardy&Delfinado, 1980 Afrotropical , Oriental, Australasian/ Oceanian yoshiyasui Sasakawa, 1986......... Oriental a platypes needs revision, its generic status being questionable. b serratula of uncertain specific status.