Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp)

Couri, Marcia S., Pont, Adrian C. & Daugeron, Christophe, 2010, The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu, Zootaxa 2556 (1), pp. 1-39 : 16-17

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2556.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5309473
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scientific name	Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp)
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14. Synthesiomyia nudiseta (Wulp) View in CoL

Cyrtoneura nudiseta Wulp, 1883: 42 View in CoL . Holotype female, Argentina, in ZMAN (seen).

Synthesiomyia nudiseta View in CoL ; Pont, 1989: 676.

Diagnosis. A large species, easily distinguished by the orange-red antenna, bare arista, and orange-red tip of abdominal tergite 5.

Material examined. BMNH: Vanuatu: Aneityum: Red Crest , 1200 feet, 3 miles NE of Anelgauhat, vi.1955, 1 ♂, L.E. Cheesman . Éfaté: Port Vila [as Sandwich Island, Vila], 25.xii.1922, 1 ♂, T.T. Barnard .

BPBM: Vanuatu: Malekula: Lamap , 19–21.ix.1967, 1 ♀ ; 25.ix.1967, 1 ♀ ; 8–21.ix.1967, 1 ♀, J. & M. Sedlacek.

Comments. This species was first recorded from Vanuatu by Pont (1989) on the basis of the BMNH specimens listed above.

Distribution. Australia (NSW, Qld), Bonin Is, Easter I., Fiji, French Polynesia ( Marquesas, Society Is), Guam, Hawai‘ian Is, Lord Howe I., Norfolk I., PNG ( PNG), New Caledonia ( New Caledonia), Tonga, Vanuatu, Wake I., Western Samoa; tropicopolitan.