Dasyphora albofasciata, Macquart, 1839

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 46

albofasciata Macquart, 1839 , Lucilia

Lucilia albofasciata Macquart, 1839: 114 (as albo-fasciata). Lectotype ♀, locality not given (from title: Canary Islands ), by present designation, in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — Described from an unspecified number of ♀♀ from the Canary Islands. 1 ♀, which appears to be the only surviving syntype, was found in the Collection générale of MNHN, but I am sure of its syntypic status and have transferred it to no. 356 of the Macquart collection. There was a label and a space for this species under no. 356, but no specimen had ever been there and it has always been thought that the types were lost (e.g., Hennig 1963d: 948). The Canary Islands material worked on by Macquart is arranged in the order in which he dealt with the species in his report, and the specimens that survive all have a serial number in Macquart’s hand corresponding to the species-number in the report. Thus no. 372 in the box, Anthomyia quinquemaculata Macquart , is numbered “92” by Macquart and is species 92 in his report. Lucilia albofasciata was described by Macquart as no. 76, and this figure also appears in Macquart’s hand on the label of this specimen. This is the strongest possible evidence that this specimen is indeed a syntype. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype. It lacks left mid tarsomeres 2-5 and right hind tarsomeres 2-5 but is otherwise in excellent condition. It is labelled by Macquart “N. 76. / Lucilia / albofasciata”.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Lucilia albofasciata is now placed in the genus Dasyphora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ( Pont 1986b: 105) , and has been redescribed by Hennig (1963d: 948).