Musca minor, Macquart, 1851

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n1a3
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0387879B-FF8E-FFF2-D3C7-FCFAFEC29073
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scientific name	Musca minor
status

Treatment

minor Macquart, 1851 , Musca

Musca minor Macquart, 1851b: 226 ( 1851d: 253) (junior primary homonym of Musca minor Harris, 1780 ). Lectotype ♂, “ Tasmanie. Muséum.” ( Australia, Tasmania), by designation of Pont (1967: 188), in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — The lectotype is under no. 2390 of the Macquart collection in MNHN. It is in excellent condition. The lectotype and the 6 ♂♂ and 9 ♀♀ paralectotypes (6 ♂♂ and 8 ♀♀ in MNHN, 1 ♀ in BMNH) all have the registration no. 13.44 (Tasmania, collector Verreaux). I excluded a further ♀ with the accession no. 3.47 (also Tasmania, collector Verreaux) from the type-series.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Musca minor is a junior synonym of Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 , a synonymy first established by Patton (1923a: 315; see also Pont 1967: 188; 1973b: 169).