﻿STRATIOMYIDAE 
  OF 
  SOLOMON 
  ISLANDS 
  — 
  JAMES 
  199 
  

  

  Genus 
  MICROCHRYSA 
  Loe\r 
  

  

  Microchrysa 
  Loew, 
  Verh. 
  ZooL 
  Bot. 
  Ges. 
  Wien, 
  voL 
  5, 
  p. 
  146, 
  1855. 
  

  

  MICROCHRYSA 
  FLAVIVENTRIS 
  (Wiedtmann) 
  

  

  Bargus 
  flaviventris 
  Wiedemann, 
  Analecta 
  Ent., 
  p. 
  31, 
  1824. 
  

  

  Microchrysa 
  flaviventris 
  (Wiedemann) 
  Osten 
  Sacken, 
  Ann. 
  Mus. 
  Geneva, 
  voL 
  

   16, 
  p. 
  417, 
  1881. 
  

  

  This 
  common 
  species 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  oriental 
  region 
  and 
  the 
  East 
  Indies. 
  Lindner 
  has 
  recorded 
  it 
  

   from 
  Eussell 
  Island. 
  Guadalcanal 
  Island: 
  2 
  males, 
  2 
  females, 
  

   August 
  to 
  December 
  1944 
  at 
  a 
  garbage 
  dump 
  ; 
  1 
  female, 
  Poha 
  River, 
  

   September 
  10, 
  1944 
  (Laffoon). 
  Bougainville 
  Island: 
  2 
  males 
  1944 
  

   and 
  April 
  10, 
  1944 
  (Downs). 
  Florida 
  Island: 
  1 
  male, 
  1 
  female, 
  

   March 
  1945 
  (Bohart). 
  

  

  Genus 
  HERMETIA 
  Latreille 
  

  

  Hermetia 
  Latbeillb, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  crustacSs 
  et 
  des 
  insectes, 
  vol. 
  14, 
  

   p. 
  338, 
  1804. 
  

  

  HERMETIA 
  ILLUCENS 
  (Linnaens) 
  

  

  Musca 
  illucens 
  Linnaeus, 
  Systema 
  naturae, 
  ed. 
  10, 
  voL 
  1, 
  p. 
  589, 
  1758. 
  

   Hermetia 
  illucens 
  (Linnaeus) 
  Latbeille, 
  Histoire 
  naturelle 
  des 
  crustac6s 
  et 
  des 
  

   insectes, 
  vol. 
  14, 
  p. 
  338, 
  1804. 
  

  

  This 
  common 
  American 
  species 
  has 
  become 
  quite 
  widely 
  distributed 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  warmer 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  World, 
  but 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  

   recorded 
  in 
  literature 
  from 
  the 
  Solomon 
  Islands, 
  where, 
  however, 
  it 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  common. 
  Additional 
  records: 
  Guadalcanal 
  

   Island 
  : 
  14 
  males, 
  14 
  females, 
  September 
  1944 
  to 
  April 
  19, 
  1945 
  from 
  

   latrines, 
  hog 
  wallows, 
  coconuts, 
  and 
  rotten 
  papayas 
  (Berg) 
  ; 
  2 
  males, 
  

   7 
  females, 
  Teneru 
  District, 
  August 
  6 
  to 
  November 
  1, 
  1944 
  (Reinschis- 
  

   sel. 
  Beck) 
  ; 
  6 
  males, 
  4 
  females, 
  Lunga 
  River 
  Valley, 
  October 
  3-13, 
  

   1944 
  (Laffoon) 
  and 
  December 
  28, 
  1943 
  (Kjiight). 
  Bougainville 
  

   Island 
  : 
  1 
  female, 
  Empress 
  Augusta 
  Bay, 
  April 
  1944 
  (Downs) 
  ; 
  1 
  

   male, 
  1944, 
  and 
  2 
  females 
  (Downs). 
  

  

  hermetia 
  BRUNETTII 
  Lindner 
  

  

  Hermetia 
  hurnettii 
  Lindneb, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  ser. 
  10, 
  vol. 
  20, 
  pp. 
  381-382, 
  

   1987. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  series 
  came 
  from 
  Tulagi, 
  Bougainville, 
  and 
  Shortland 
  

   Islands. 
  

  

  Additional 
  records: 
  Guadalcanal 
  Island: 
  3 
  females, 
  November- 
  

   December 
  1943 
  (Gumey) 
  ; 
  9 
  females, 
  September 
  1944 
  to 
  June 
  1945 
  

   (Berg). 
  Bougainville 
  Island: 
  4 
  males, 
  3 
  females, 
  1944 
  (Downs). 
  

   Treasuet 
  Island: 
  1 
  male, 
  July 
  21, 
  1944 
  (J. 
  H. 
  Paullus). 
  New 
  

   Georgia 
  Island: 
  1 
  male, 
  1 
  female, 
  Munda 
  Point, 
  1943 
  (Downs). 
  

   Florida 
  Island: 
  3 
  females, 
  March 
  1945 
  (Bohart). 
  Two 
  females 
  

   from 
  Guadalcanal 
  (Berg) 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  from 
  New 
  Georgia 
  lack 
  the 
  

  

  