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Neomyia Walker 1859

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Neomyia Walker, 1859

Neomyia Walker, 1859: 138 (as subgenus of Musca). Type species: Musca gavisa Walker, 1859.

Diagnosis. Colouration metallic blue, purple to green, wing without maculae (except for some Afrotropical species). Male with anterointernal ommatidia normally developed (except for some Afrotropical species, with strongly enlarged ommatidia). Female with proclinate fronto-orbital developed or not; parafrons setulose along its entire length; interfrontal seta absent. Dorsocentrals 0-2+2-4. Posthumeral developed or not; intrapostalar usually present. Prosternum setulose. Katepisternals 1+2 or 1+3 (rarely 0+1). Greater ampulla setulose (Fig. 10). Anatergite usually setulose below lower calypter. Anterior suprasquamal ridge setulose or not; posterior suprasquamal ridge always setulose (Fig. 14). Wing with the basal portion of stem-vein with a curved posterior setulae at the basal third of dorsal surface; apical portion of stem-vein setulose ventrally; Rs node and R4+5 setulose dorsally and ventrally; M bent forward towards R4+5. Lower calypter enlarged posteriorly, extending under base of scutellum (Figs. 10, 14). Subcostal sclerite setulose ventrally. Accessory sclerite (at the base of upper calypter) setulose (Fig. 10). Mid tibia with a strong submedian seta on ventral to posteroventral surface. Hind coxa usually setulose on posterior surface. Calcar absent, weak or strong.

Distribution (75 species). Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Palaearctic.

References. Afrotropical species: Snyder (1951), Peris (1967), Zielke (1971), Couri et al. (2006); Australasian: Pont (1973); Nearctic: Huckett (1965); Neotropical: de Carvalho and Couri (2002); Oriental: Emden (1965), Xue and Chao (1998), Shinonaga and Thinh (1999); Palaearctic: Hennig (1963b), Zimin and Elberg (1988), Pont (1991), Xue and Chao (1998), Gregor et al. (2002), Shinonaga (2003).

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Published as part of Nihei, Silvio Shigueo & Carvalho, Claudio José Barros De, 2009, The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 1976 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.185153

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Biodiversity

Family
Muscidae
Genus
Neomyia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walker
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Neomyia Walker, 1859 sec. Nihei & Carvalho, 2009

References

  • Walker, F. (1859) Catalogue of the dipterous insects collected at Makessar in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. [part] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society (Zoology), 4, 97 - 144.
  • Snyder, F. M. (1951) Some old and new species of Muscinae from the Ethiopian Region (Diptera, Muscidae). American Museum Novitates, 1533, 1 - 42.
  • Peris, S. V. (1967) Los Muscini de la Guinea Espanola. Claves para la identificacion y notas sobre las especies etiopicas (Diptera, Muscidae). Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural (Seccion Biologica), 65, 21 - 64.
  • Zielke, E. (1971) Revision der Muscinae der athiopischen Region. Series Entomologica, 7, 1 - 199.
  • Couri, M. S., Pont, A. C. & Penny, N. D. (2006) Muscidae (Diptera) from Madagascar: identification keys, descriptions of new species, and new records. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 57, 799 - 923.
  • Pont, A. C. (1973) Studies on Australian Muscidae (Diptera). IV. A revision of the subfamilies Muscinae and Stomoxyinae. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series), 21, 129 - 296.
  • Huckett, H. C. (1965) The Muscidae of Northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland (Diptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 42, 1 - 370.
  • de Carvalho, C. J. B. & Couri, M. S. (2002) Part I. Basal groups. In: de Carvalho, C. J. B. (Ed.), Muscidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region: taxonomy. Editora Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, pp. 17 - 132.
  • Emden, F. I. van (1965) Diptera. Vol. 7. Muscidae, Part 1. In: Sewell, R. B. S. & Roonwal, M. L. (Eds), The Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 647 pp.
  • Xue, W. & Chao, C., eds. (1998) Flies of China. Vol. 1. Liaoning Science and Technology Press, Shenyang, 1365 pp.
  • Shinonaga, S. & Thinh, T. H. (1999) Muscidae of Vietnam. 1. Muscinae. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 5, 273 - 289.
  • Hennig, W. (1963 b) 63 b. Muscidae. Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, 7 (Lieferung 242), 913 - 960.
  • Zimin, L. S. & Elberg, K. Y. (1988) Family Muscidae. In: Bei-Bienko, G. Y. (Ed.), Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Volume 5: Diptera and Siphonaptera. Part 2. Smithsonian Institution Libraries & National Science Foundation, Washington DC, pp. 839 - 974.
  • Pont, A. C. (1991) A review of the Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 12, 312 - 365.
  • Gregor, F., Rozkosny, R., Bartak, M. & Vanhara, J. (2002) The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Folia Facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis (Biologia), 107, 1 - 280.
  • Shinonaga, S. (2003) A monograph of the Muscidae of Japan. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, 347 pp.