Curtonevra flavicornis, Macquart, 1851

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 62

flavicornis Macquart, 1851 , Cyrtonevra

Cyrtonevra flavicornis Macquart, 1851b: 228 ( 1851d: 255) , pl. 23, fig. 10 (junior primary homonym of Curtonevra flavicornis Macquart, 1843 ). Lectotype ♀, no locality or collector given (actually Mauritius), by present designation, in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — Described from the ♀ sex, without any information as to locality or depository. Amongst the series of Curtonevra flavicornis Macquart, 1843 (see preceding species) in the Macquart collection in MNHN, I found a ♀ that is undoubtedly a syntype of Cyrtonevra flavicornis Macquart, 1851 , and I have arranged this under no. 985 bis. It is labelled by Macquart “ Cyrtonevra / flavicornis / ♀. Macq. n. sp.”. It should be noted that the spelling of “ Cyrtonevra ” matches exactly that of the original publication and differs from the spelling “ Curtonevra ” used consistently by Macquart in his earlier papers ; and the addition of “n. sp.” to the label is a feature of his later work and was not used as early as 1843. The accession number of this specimen is 2901.40, which refers to a collection made on the île de France ( Mauritius) by Desjardins. This syntype is quite rubbed and damaged ; right antenna, left foreleg, left mid tibia + tarsus, left hind tarsomeres 2-5, and all the right legs missing. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Cyrtonevra flavicornis is in fact conspecific with the preceding species and is a junior synonym of Dimorphia cognata (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) ( Pont 1980: 745) .