Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart

Daniels, Greg, 2018, Designation of a neotype for the Australian robber fly Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart, a new senior synonym of Ommatius pilosus White and Ommatius levis White (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae), Zootaxa 4450 (2), pp. 196-202 : 201

Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart

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Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart, 1850: 394 (1851: 90) ; Kertész, 1909: 308; Ricardo, 1913: 147; Hull, 1962: 436. Neotype. ♂. Tasmania: // horse yards area / Mt William Nat. Pk Tas / 40°52’S 148°10’E / 20 Jan 1992 / G. and A. Daniels //

(Australian Museum / K 451342) // ( Figs 10 and 11 ). Neotype deposited in Australian Museum, Sydney. nec Ommatius dimidiatus sensu White, 1916: 168 ; Hardy, 1928: 63; Hardy, 1935: 170; Hardy, 1949: 301 (all= O. flavicaudus

Malloch). nec Ommatius dimidiatus sensu Daniels, 1989: 332 ; Daniels, 2012 (=undescribed species). Ommatius pilosus White, 1916: 169 ; Hardy, 1920: 186; Hardy, 1928: 63; Hardy, 1935: 171. New synonymy. Holotype in

NHM. Ommatius levis White 1916: 170 ; Hardy, 1920: 186; Hardy, 1928: 63; Hardy, 1935: 171. New synonymy. Holotype in AM.

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Ommatius spp. (1). Macquart’s 1850 plate 8, fig. 11 of the ♂ wing of O. dimidiatus; (2). Hardy’s 1928 illustration of the ♂ terminalia of O. dimidiatus. The illustration is of O. flavicaudus Malloch; (3). Hardy’s (1928: 64) illustration of the ♂ terminalia of O. pilosus; (4–6). Specimen MNHN ED9078, a ♀ specimen of O. dimidiatus labelled syntype in MNHN; (4). Dorsolateral view; (5). Ventrolateral view; (6). Labels on specimen ED9078; (7–9). Specimen MNHN ED9077, a ♀ specimen of O. dimidiatus labelled syntype in MNHN; (7). Dorsal view; (8). Lateral view; (9). Macquart’s handwritten label on specimen MNHN ED9077; despite bearing syntype labels, these specimens have no type status. Figures are not to scale.

FIGURES 10 & 11. Neotype of Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart. (10). Lateral view; (11). Dorsal view. Scale bar, 2 mm.