Musca rufifrons, Macquart, 1843

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

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rufifrons Macquart, 1843 , Musca

Musca rufifrons Macquart, 1843: 152 ( 1844: 309) (junior primary homonym of Musca rufifrons Fabricius, 1781 ). Lectotype ♀, “de Java. Muséum” (Java), by designation of Pont (1967: 188), in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♀ syntype in MNHN, under no. 702 of the Macquart collection. It is in poor condition: head, abdomen, left mid leg and right hind leg missing ; it is dirty, and the remaining legs are twisted. The labels include Macquart’s “ Musca / rufifrons”, and a label in Bosc’s hand “M. / n. Java.”. I have previously referred to it as the holotype ( Pont 1967: 188), and this statement has to be interpreted as lectotype designation by inference.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Musca rufifrons is a junior synonym of Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 ( Pont 1967: 188) .

References

MACQUART P. J. M. 1843. - Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxieme - 3 e partie. N. E. Roret, Paris, 304 p. [This is a preprint of the journal version of 1844. Evenhuis (1997: 513) dates this work from the earliest review, of February 1844. However, it does not follow from this date that the work was published in 1844, and there is no evidence to suggest that the printed date of 1843 is incorrect. In fact, for a review to appear in print in February 1844, it seems most likely that the work was indeed published in 1843.]

MACQUART P. J. M. 1844. - Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. [Tome deuxieme - 3 e partie.] Memoires de la Societe des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts a Lille 1842: 160 - 460. [Published 5. viii. 1844: see Evenhuis 1997: 513.]

PONT A. C. 1967. - Notes on some Australasian Muscidae (Diptera) described by J. Macquart. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France (nouvelle serie) 3: 181 - 190.