Musca sanctaehelenae, Macquart, 1848

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 89

sanctaehelenae Macquart, 1848 , Musca

Musca sanctaehelenae Macquart, 1848a: 218 ( 1848b: 58) , pl. 6, fig. 14 (as sanctae-helenae). Lectotype ♂, “de Sainte-Hélène. Collection de M. Payen.” ( Saint Helena Island), by designation of Pont (1977a: 126), in IRSNB.

MATERIAL. — Described from the collection of M. Payen of Tournai. 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀ syntypes were located in MHNT by the late Dr J. Verbeke and sent to me for study ( Pont 1977a: 126, 127). The ♂ was designated as lectotype and the 2 ♀♀ as paralectotypes. These specimens, along with the other types collected by Payen, are now on permanent loan to IRSNB (P. Grootaert, pers. comm.). There is a further ♂ syntype in box G.21 of the Macquart collection in MHNL. It stands over a label “M. Staeheleniae / St. helenia. Payen”, and is very mouldy. I have labelled it as paralectotype.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Study of the type-series has confirmed the existing synonymy of Musca sanctaehelenae with Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 ( Pont 1980: 727) . The MHNL ♂ is probably Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 .