The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia 2503 Author Couri, Marcia S. Author Pont, Adrian C. Author Daugeron, Christophe text Zootaxa 2010 2010-06-11 2503 1 1 61 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2503.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.2503.1.1 1175­5334 10094189 27. Lispe assimilis Wiedemann Lispe assimilis Wiedemann, 1824: 51 . Lectotype male, “ex India orientali” ( East Indies ), in ZMUC, des. Shinonaga & Pont (1992: 720). Lispe assimilis Wiedemann ; Pont, 1989: 692 . Lispe incerta Malloch, 1925a: 337 . Holotype male, Eidsvold, Queensland , Australia , in ANIC, synonymy by Shinonaga & Pont (1992: 718). Lispe incerta ; Snyder, 1965: 193 ; Pont, 1989: 693 ; Shinonaga et al ., 1991: 331 . Diagnosis. Frons broad, about 0.35 of head-width; parafacial silvery pruinose with several short setulae; antenna black; palpus yellow; fore femur with long posteroventral setae only in apical half, with 4–5 setae similar in length to femoral depth, those in basal half short and setulose; male mid femur without anteroventral setae, and with only short posteroventral setulae, shorter than femoral depth ( Fig. 4 in Shinonaga & Pont, 1992 ); mid femur in female with short setae on anteroventral to posteroventral surfaces; in basal half of anterior surface with one strong seta and a few much shorter ones ( Figs 5 and 6 in Shinonaga & Pont, 1992 ). Material examined: No material seen. Comments. Recorded from New Caledonia by Snyder (1965) , as L. incerta , but no material was listed. Shinonaga & Pont (1992) gave a key to separate this species from L. pacifica Shinonaga & Pont , described from various parts of the Oriental Region and similar in general appearance to L. assimilis . The difference between them was based mainly on leg chaetotaxy. The authors listed numerous specimens from various localities, but no specimens from New Caledonia . Distribution. Australia (Qld, NT), Belau , Bonin Is, Fiji , French Polynesia (Society Is), Micronesia , New Caledonia ( New Caledonia ), Norfolk I., Solomon Is, Vanuatu , Western Samoa ; Oriental and South Palaearctic Regions.