Musca albomaculata, Macquart, 1843

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 46-47

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2012n1a3

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scientific name

Musca albomaculata
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albomaculata Macquart, 1843 , Musca

Musca albomaculata Macquart, 1843: 151 ( 1844: 308) , pl. 21, fig. 1. Lectotype ♀, “De l’île de France. M. Desjardins. Muséum.” ( Mauritius), by designation of Pont & Matile (1976: 743), in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♀ in MNHN, no. 983 of the Macquart collection, which was referred to as the holotype by Pont & Matile (1976: 743). This has to be interpreted as lectotype designation by inference, and it has been labelled accordingly. It was also seen by Villeneuve (1916: 513) and Patton (1923b: 333). It is in excellent condition, with the accession no. 879.37 ( Mauritius, collector Desjardins). It is labelled by Macquart “N°. 71. / Musca / albomaculata.”.

With the lectotype, there are another 3 ♀♀, which have been shown by Pont & Matile (1976: 744) not to be part of the type series: all are from Mauritius, one collected by Desjardins (accession no. 4185.33) and two by Guérin-Méneville, but they do not agree with Macquart’s description and are actually Musca domestica subsp. domestica Linnaeus, 1758 .

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Musca albomaculata Macquart is a junior synonym of Musca xanthomelaena Wiedemann, 1830 , as currently understood ( Emden 1965: 74; Zielke 1971: 128). It has abdominal syntergite 1 + 2 broadly yellow laterally, with about the central quarter darkened,

FIG. 1. — Sample labels to illustrate Macquart’s handwriting and methodology: A, a new genus and species (“ Orthostylum rufipes . ♂, n. g., n. sp. Macq.”); B, a later identification of Macquart’s own species, after publication of the 1851 supplement 4 (“ Limnophora rufipes ♀. Macq. 4e S.”); C, identification of a Fabricius species (“ Coenosia tigrina ♂.”); D, a new species (“ Coenosia punctipennis ♂. Macq. n. sp”). The labels come from specimens in OUMNH. Scale bar: 10 mm .

and anterior postsutural dorsocentral setae minute, not distinct from the ground-setulae.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Anthomyiidae

Genus

Musca

Loc

Musca albomaculata

Pont, Adrian C. 2012
2012
Loc

Musca albomaculata

PONT A. C. & MATILE L. 1976: 743
MACQUART P. J. M. 1844: 308
MACQUART P. J. M. 1843: 151
1843
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