Lucilia philippensis, Macquart, 1843

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 79

philippensis Macquart, 1843 , Lucilia

Lucilia philippensis Macquart, 1843: 146 ( 1844: 303) , pl. 18, fig. 3. Syntype (s) ♂ (♂), “des îles Philippines. Je l’ai reçue de M. Alex. Lefebvre.” ( Philippine Islands), formerly in MHNL, now destroyed.

MATERIAL. — Macquart described this from an unspecified number of ♂♂, stating only that he had received them from Alexander Lefebvre. This implies that the syntypes were in his own collection. In box G.21 of the Macquart collection in MHNL, there is a long pin with an old label “ Philippines ” from which the specimen itself is lost, standing over a drawer label “ L. philippensis . / Al. Lefèbvre, Philipp.”. This must have been a syntype, probably unique. Neither Aubertin (1932: 141; 1933: 430) nor Emden (1965: 124) saw any type-material, nor have I located any further specimens in MNHN, BMNH or OUMNH.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Aubertin (loc. cit.) and Emden (loc. cit.) synonymized this name with the common Oriental species Orthellia coerulea (Wiedemann, 1819) (now known as Neomyia timorensis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)) , and I see no reason for not following this.