Musca sorbens Wiedemann, 1830

Couri, Márcia Souto, de Carvalho, Claudio J. B. & Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Taxonomy of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Namibia: a key to genera, diagnoses, new records and description of a new species, African Invertebrates 53 (1), pp. 47-47 : 61-62

Musca sorbens Wiedemann, 1830

Diagnosis: Eye bare; postalar ridge without setae; proepisternal depression bare; scutum brown with grey pollinosity and 2 dark brown vittae behind suture; dorsocentral setae 2+4; meron setulose below spiracle; anterior spiracle white or pale yellow; fore tibia without posterior seta in apical half; mid tibia with ca 4 posterior setae.

Material examined: NAMIBIA: Erongo: ƽƂ % UDQGEHUJ 'LVW., 0 DVRQ 6 KHOWHU, ƻƚ°o4‵ 9̎6 ƚ4°oƽ‵4 ̎(, ƚ7ƽo P, ƽ±ƚ4.LLL.ƻooƻ, $.+..LUN―6 SULJJV & (. 0 DUDLV, 0 DODLVH WUDS, ULYHUEHG (ƚƂ 015-, ƚƂ '=83, RWKHU NMNW). Karas: ƚƃ ƚƂ /üGHULW]>'LVWULFW@,5RRLEHUJ,ƻ7° 8‵6 ƚϬ°ƻ8‵(, ƻƻ±ƻ4.L[.ƚ997,$.+..LUN―6 SULJJV & (. 0 DUDLV, 0 DODLVH WUDS;ƚƂ /üGHULW]>'LVWULFW@,.OLQJKDUGW 0QWV., ƻ7°ƻo‵o4̎6 ƚƽ°4Ϭ‵oo̎(, ƻ7. YLL ±.L[.ƚ998, $.+..LUN―6 SULJJV & (. 0 DUDLV, 0 DODLVH WUDS; ƚƂ /üGHULW]>'LVWULFW@,2ELE: DWHUV, ƻ8°oo‵o8̎6 ƚϬ° 8‵4Ϭ̎(, 25–26.viii.1998, A.H. Kirk-Spriggs & E.Marais, Malaise trap. Kavango: ƚƃ 5 XQGX 'LVW., 6RYR, ƚ8°ƚ8‵ 7.ƻ̎6 ƚ9°ƚƽ‵ Ϭ.7̎(, ƻƚ±ƻ4. LY.ƻooƚ, (. 0 DUDLV, 6.. DVFK & .. 9RKODQG, 0 DODLVH WUDS. Kunene: ƻƃ ƻƂ. KRUL [DV 'LVW., /HHXNRS ϬϬ4, ƚ9°ƽ ‵ƚƽ̎6 ƚ4°ƻƚ‵44̎(, ƻϬ± o.[.ƻooƚ, $.+..LUN―6 SULJJV & (. 0 DUDLV, 0 DODLVH WUDS,

ULYHUEHG; ƻƃ.KRUL[DV 'LVW., +XDE 5LYHU DW.URQH 7ƻƚ, ƻo° 7‵o9̎6 ƚ °ƽ4‵ ƚ̎(, ƻ ±ƻϬ.[.ƚ998, $.+..LUN― Spriggs, reared from Panthera pardus (Felidae) dung on sand. Omaheke: ƽƂ *REDELV 'LVW., 6RPHUNRPV ƽƻƚ, ƻƻ°oƚ‵ƽ9̎6 ƚ9°ƽ7‵ƻƻ̎(, Ϭ±8.LL.ƻooƚ, $.+..LUN―6SULJJV & (. 0DUDLV, 0DODLVH WUDS (DOO 101:).

Distribution: Widespread and abundant in the Afrotropical Region (incl.Aldabra,Astove, Coetivy, Cosmoledo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles, Socotra Is.), the southern Palaearctic and Oriental regions.