Hydrophoria nana, Macquart, 1835

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 74

nana Macquart, 1835 , Lispe

Lispe nana Macquart, 1835: 314 . Lectotype ♂ (not ♀, as stated by Macquart), “Je l’ai reçue de Bordeaux” ( France, Bordeaux), by present designation, in MZLS.

MATERIAL. — Macquart described this species from the ♀ sex, but no material survives in MNHN or MHNL. However, Rondani (1866: 211) reported that he had received a French specimen as a gift from Macquart, and it seems likely that this was in fact a syntype since it came from Macquart’s personal collection.

This specimen still exists in Rondani’s personal collection in MZLS. It is a ♂, but it has already been noted that Lispe species were frequently mis-sexed by 19th century dipterists. It has a small oval label with the printed red figure “1401”. Alongside it is a label in Rondani’s hand reading “nana / Macq. / Gallia”, and it agrees perfectly with Macquart’s description. I can see no reason for not regarding this ♂ as a syntype, and I have accordingly labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype. It is slightly dusty and faded with age, but otherwise in good condition.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Lispe nana has always been regarded as a good species of Lispe Latreille, 1796 (e.g., Becker 1904: 20; Hennig 1960b: 446; Gregor et al. 2002: 174, 175), and the lectotype supports current usage of this name.