Ophyra virescens, Macquart, 1851

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 95

virescens Macquart, 1851 , Anthomyia

Anthomyia virescens Macquart, 1851b: 239 ( 1851d: 266) . Lectotype ♂, “de l’Égypte” ( Egypt), by present designation, in OUMNH.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♂ syntype from the Bigot collection in OUMNH. It is labelled by Macquart “ Anthomyia / virescens./ ♂. Macq. n. sp.” and stands over Bigot’s drawer label “ A. virescens . ♂. / Egyptus. Macq.”. It is rather damp ; left hind leg and some tarsomeres missing; the abdomen has become detached from the body. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Stein (1907b: 292) studied the type and identified it with Chortophila (now Adia ) cinerella (Fallén, 1825) . This synonymy is correct, and has been confirmed by D. M. Ackland according to his determination label in the collection.