Cyrtoneura elliptica, Brauer, 1899

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 60-61

elliptica Brauer, 1899 , Cyrtoneura

Cyrtoneura elliptica Brauer, 1899: 526 .

MATERIAL. — In his study of the Macquart types in Bigot’s collection, Brauer (1899: 526, no. 242) commented

upon “ Cyrtoneura elliptica Mcq. Europa ? = Anthracomyia ead. n.? = melanoptera Fll. (olim Morinia n.)”. So far as I can establish, Macquart never published a name elliptica . The specimen in question, a ♀ lacking head, left foreleg and both mid legs, is in OUMNH. It is labelled by Macquart “ Cyrtonevra / elliptica ♀ / n. sp. Macq.”. Bigot’s drawer label reads: “C. [yrtoneura, expanded by Collin] elliptica. ♀. / n. sp. Inedict. / Europ?. Macq.” A small handwritten tag reads “Font” and may refer to a locality such as Fontainebleau.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — The name must be attributed to Brauer. Published in synonymy, it has never been made available. Although the genus Curtonevra Macquart, 1834 , belongs to the Muscidae , C. elliptica is a synonym of Morinia melanoptera (Fallén, 1816) (Rhinophoridae) ( Herting 1993: 104).