Conops petiolata

Stuke, Jens-Hermann & Clements, David K., 2005, The interpretation of some Conopidae (Diptera) described by Robineau­Desvoidy, Zootaxa 886, pp. 1-12 : 4

"Heterellia petiolata R. D."

A male of Myopa palliceps (Bigot, 1887) . The specimen is well preserved.

The specimen bears the following labels: ( 1) "M. / petiolata / ɗ / coll. Big." [round, white label]; ( 2) "Heterellia / petiolata R. D." [light­blue label].

An unpublished manuscript name. It is possible that Robineau­Desvoidy did not intend to publish this as new species but was instead assigning the specimen to his personal concept of Conops petiolata Linnaeus, 1767 . However, this is perhaps unlikely as it would have required a gross error of identification by Robineau­Desvoid, since the latter is accepted to be a species of Physocephala ( Thompson 1997) .