Limnophora ruficoxis, Macquart, 1855

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 85

ruficoxis Macquart, 1855 , Limnophora

Limnophora ruficoxis Macquart, 1855a: 139 ( 1855b: 119) , pl. 6, fig. 17. Lectotype ♀, “de la Nouvelle-Hollande, Nouvelle-Adélaïde. M. Bigot.” ( Australia, South Australia, Adelaide), by present designation, in OUMNH.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♀ syntype in the Bigot collection in OUMNH. It is in poor condition, as was noted by Stein (1907b: 286): rather damp, and re-pinned at some time ; most setae rubbed off; antennae, left foreleg, left mid leg and right foretibia + tarsus missing; abdomen and wings dirty. It is labelled by Macquart “ Limnophora / ruficoxis / ♀. Macq. n. sp.”, and stands over a Bigot drawer label reading “ L. ruficoxis . ♀. / Austral. (Adélaïde). Macq.”. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype .

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Despite its poor condition, the lectotype can be recognized by the four postsutural dorsocentral setae, clouded cross-veins, general form, and enlarged scale-like extension at the tip of the forefemur as being Helina addita (Walker, 1849) , and the synonymy of Limnophora ruficoxis with Helina addita was recorded by Pont (1989b: 685).