Muscina stabulans (Fallén)

Michelsen, Verner & Pont, Adrian C., 2024, Macaronesian Muscidae (Diptera). V. The genera Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy and Muscina Robineau-Desvoidy, Zootaxa 5458 (4), pp. 581-596 : 594

4. Muscina stabulans (Fallén)

Muscina stabulans (Fallén) ; Becker 1908a: 112 (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma); Becker 1908b: 196 (Madeira); Frey 1936: 136 (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma); Séguy 1936: 24 (Azores); Frey 1945: 106 (Azores); Frey 1949: 45 (Madeira); Hennig 1962: 766 ff. (Azores, Canary Is., Madeira); Kirchberg 1967: 334 (Tenerife, La Gomera); Santos Abréu 1976: 131 ff. (Canary Is.); Papp 1982: 131 (Hierro); Báez 1983: 180 ff., pl. 3 figs 3, 4 (Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma); Vikhrev & Esin 2023: 39 (Tenerife).

Material examined. CANARY ISLANDS: [ NHMD] GRAN CANARIA: Las Palmas, 28°05’N 15°25’W, 1♂ 15.i.1914 (V. Michelsen) ; Tasarte , 27°54’N 15°46’W, 270m, 1♂ 22‒25.xi.2014 (V. Michelsen) ; El Valle, 27°54’N 15°32’W, 730‒935m, 2♂, 1♀ 19‒24.i.2017 (V. Michelsen) ; La Montaña, 690–710m, 27°55’N 15°33’W, 1♂ 1– 6.ii.2018 (V. Michelsen) . TENERIFE: Arico, 1♂ 16.i.2006 (V. Michelsen) ; La Zarza, 1♀ 20.i.2006 (V. Michelsen) ; Cueva del Viento , 28°20´N 16°43´W, c. 800m, 1♂ 14.ii.2008 (V. Michelsen) ; Los Carrizales, 28°19’N 16°51’W, c. 645m, 1♀ 9.ii.2008 (V. Michelsen) . LA GOMERA: La Laja, 28°06´N 17°11´W, 480‒600m, 1♂ 22‒29.i.2016 (V. Michelsen) ; Lomito Fragoso, 28°07’N 17°10’W, 220‒250m, 1♂, 1♀ 19‒24.i.2019, 2♂ 24‒29.i.2020 (V. Michelsen) . LA PALMA: Las Tricias, 28°47´N 17°58´W, 660m, 1♂, 1♀ 11‒16.i.2013 (V. Michelsen) ; Tigalate, 28°32’N 17°48’W, 680m, 1♂ 10‒21.i.2013 (V. Michelsen) .

Distribution. A cosmopolitan, hemi-synanthropic species found in the Azores, Madeira and all the Canary Islands.