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Dichaetomyia vicaria

Red Fly

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Red Fly

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: RANGE Malaysia - PNG - Samoa/Tonga - Cooks; n. to Micronesia; s. to Australia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; Land, lowland - montane

KEY FEATURES: Thickset orange-brown fly to 6mmBL. HEAD dark red eyes edged with a white line on face; Male eyes meet topside; Female eyes well separated topside. THORAX orange-brown. WINGS clear tinged brown along front edge; veins dark. ABDOMEN orange-brown, with brown patch on top hindsection.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present Makatea: Present
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
++++		P

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Dichaetomyia vicaria Bohart & Gressitt
SYNONYMS: Dichaetomyia rufa

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Diptera; MUSCIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: 2 specimens, 1929, G.Wilder, in BPBM, ID J.R.Vockeroth as Dichaetomyia rufa Stein; 3 specimens 1937, no collector name, in BPBM, ID Vockeroth as Dichaetomyia rufa Stein. Atiu: 3 specimens, 1925, G.Wilder, in BPBM, ID J.R.Vockeroth as Dichaetomyia rufa Stein.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zupB04a, zM02, zD04a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.
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