Lispe metatarsata Stein

Pont, Adrian C., 2019, Studies on the Australian Muscidae (Diptera). VIII. The genus Lispe Latreille, 1797, Zootaxa 4557 (1), pp. 1-232 : 168

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4557.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:330BE81C-E3E0-4CA5-9017-DFB203EB7329
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5934217
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3219654C-FF4D-FF77-37E8-546523FEFC8F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Lispe metatarsata Stein
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Treatment

Lispa metatarsata Stein, 1900: 152

Notes. This species, described from Papua New Guinea, belongs to the same group as L. cana (Walker) , having hind coxa bare behind, meron with a group of setulae below spiracle, hind tibia with a pv apical seta, parafacial almost wholly bare, ♂ hind tarsomere 1 expanded, ♂ frontal triangle enlarged and occupying virtually all the frontal vitta and with little distinction between frontal triangle and fronto-orbital plates.

It has 4 post dc setae, fore tibia with a pv seta, hind tibia with a short ad, and vibrissa hair-like. In addition, it has mid femur with 2 preapical p setae, fore femur with the pv row comprising fine weak setae, hind femur with 1 av at middle and d preapical present, tergite 5 with 1 pair of lateral discal setae.

In addition to the lectotype ♂ and paralectotype ♀ in ZMHU, I have also seen the paralectotypes in HNHM (3♂ 3♀). These have 3 subequal and well-spaced post dc, and appear to belong to L. cana .