Lispe lineata, Macquart, 1839

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 70

lineata Macquart, 1839 , Lispe

Lispe lineata Macquart, 1839: 116 . Lectotype ♂ (not ♀, as stated by Macquart), locality not given (from title: Canary Islands ), by present designation, in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♂ syntype under no. 370 of the Macquart collection in MNHN. Species of Lispe Latreille, 1797 , were commonly mis-sexed in the 19th century, as the ♂♂ are dichoptic like the ♀♀, and so it is not surprising that Macquart identified this ♂ as a ♀. It has been labelled by Macquart “N°. 90. / Lispa / lineata”. No. 90 is the sequence-number of lineata in Macquart’s paper. I have labelled this ♂ and designate it herewith as lectotype. The right mid leg is missing, otherwise it is in excellent condition.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Lispe lineata has been treated as a junior synonym of Lispe nivalis Wiedemann, 1830 , as currently understood ( Stein 1919: 143; Hennig 1960b: 447; Pont 1986b: 189), and this synonymy is correct.