Musca taitensis, Macquart, 1843

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 91

taitensis Macquart, 1843 , Musca

Musca taitensis Macquart, 1843: 153 ( 1844: 310) , pl. 20, fig.8. Lectotype ♀, “de Taïti. Dumont-Durville. Muséum.” (Society Islands, Tahiti), by designation of Pont (1967: 188), in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♀ syntype in MNHN, under no. 2392 of the Macquart collection. It is rather dirty ; left foreleg and left mid tarsomeres 2-5 missing. The labels include a white disc with the data “Taïti. / Durv.”, and Macquart’s label “N°. 72. / Musca / taitensis”. It was referred to by me as the holotype ( Pont 1967: 188), and this statement must be interpreted as lectotype designation by inference.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — The name Musca taitensis is a junior synonym of Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 ( Pont 1967: 189; 1989b: 678).