Hylemyia maculifrons, Macquart, 1851

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 71-72

maculifrons Macquart, 1851 , Hylemyia

Hylemyia maculifrons Macquart, 1851b: 238 ( 1851d: 265) . Lectotype ♀, “de l’Égypte. M. Bigot.” ( Egypt), by present designation, in OUMNH.

MATERIAL. —Described from material in Bigot’s collection, and there is 1 ♀ syntype in that collection in OUMNH.Tarsomeres 4-5 of left mid and hind leg, and tarsomeres 3-5 of right foreleg missing, otherwise it is in good condition. It is labelled by Macquart “ Hylemyia / maculifrons / ♀. Macq. n. sp.”, and stands over a Bigot drawer label “ H. maculifrons . ♀. / Egyptus. Macq.”. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Stein (1907b: 279) studied this specimen and stated that it was probably Lispe pygmaea Fallén, 1825 . This synonymy is correct ( Hennig 1960b: 451; Pont 1986b: 190).