Morellia maculipennis, Macquart, 1846

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

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scientific name	Morellia maculipennis
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maculipennis Macquart, 1846 View in CoL , Pyrellia

Pyrellia maculipennis Macquart, 1846a: 327 ( 1846b: 199) View in CoL , pl. 17, figs 6, 6a. Lectotype ♀, “du Brésil, collection de M. Bigot” ( Brazil), by present designation, in BMNH.

MATERIAL. — Described “de la Colombie, collection de M. Fairmaire, et du Brésil, collection de M. Bigot”. The only syntype located is in that part of the Bigot collection now in the BMNH. It is labelled by Macquart “ Pyrellia / maculipennis / ♀. Macq. n. sp.”, and stands over a Bigot drawer label “ P. maculipennis . ♀. / Am. Merid. Macq.”. It is in poor condition: it is mouldy, and lacks left mid leg and left hind leg. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype.

In MNHN, under no. 1858 of the Macquart collection, there are 2 ♂♂ under this name but they are not syntypes. One has the accession no. 16.47, which refers to a collection made by Castelnau in the Minas Gerais state of Brazil, and it is labelled by Macquart “ Pyrellia / maculipennis / ♂. Macq: 1. e Supp.”. The other has the accession no. 9.43, which refers to a collection made by Claussen in the same state of Brazil.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Morellia maculipennis is the valid name for the species of Morellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 , previously known as M. violacea (Fabricius, 1805) , as the Fabricius name is a junior primary homonym (see Pont 1972: 9; Pamplona 1986: 650; Carvalho et al. 1993: 18; 2005: 28). Of the 2 ♂♂ in MNHN, the Castelnau ♂ is correctly identified as Morellia maculipennis , and the Claussen ♂ is probably too although in atrocious condition and lacking both wings.

References

CARVALHO C. J. B. DE, COURI M. S., PONT A. C., PAMPLONA D. & LOPES S. M. 1993. - Part II. Muscidae, in CARVALHO C. J. B. DE (ed.), A Catalogue of the Fanniidae and Muscidae of the Neotropical Region. Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia, Sao Paulo: II- 201 p.

MACQUART P. J. M. 1846 a. - Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts a Lille 1844: 133 - 364. [Published 22. vii. 1846: see Evenhuis 1997: 514. The date on the wrapper of the journal is 1846, but the date on the title page is 1845. The last four pages of this paper in the journal (containing the index) are numbered 363, 364, 363, 364: the next paper begins on page 365, and there is no rectification of this erroneous pagination. The pagination of the reprint is continuous, and thus the reprint appears to contain two additional pages.]

MACQUART P. J. M. 1846 b. - Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. N. E. Roret, Paris, 238. [Published 7. xi. 1846: see Evenhuis 1997: 514. This is a reprint of the journal version of 1846 a.]

PAMPLONA D. 1986. - Sobre Morellia R. - D., 1830 neotropicais II: descricao de cinco especies novas (Diptera-Muscidae-Muscinae). Revista brasileira de Biologia 46: 633 - 650.

PONT A. C. 1972. - Family Muscidae, in A Catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas South of the United States 97. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade da Sao Paulo: 111 p.