Myospila lenticeps (Thomson, 1869)

Wang, Ming-Fu, 2013, New synonymies and new combinations of Muscidae from China (Diptera, Muscoidea), ZooKeys 290, pp. 31-38 : 34

Myospila lenticeps (Thomson, 1869)

Helina magnimaculata Feng in Deng and Feng, 1995: 140; Xue et al. 2005: 39; Xue and Wang 2006: 176. Syn. n.

Remarks.

There are more than fifty species of the genus Myospila found in China. The species magnimaculata, previously assigned to Helina , is in my opinion a Myospila due to the following characters: vein M distinctly curved forward at tip; cerci slender and the morphology of genitalia. At the same time, I consider it to be a synonym of Myospila lenticeps for these other reasons: scutum with 4 dc; costal spine short but distinct; most part of thorax brown with dense light yellow pollinosity and vein R4+5 with fine hairs on the basal part in ventral view. Consequently, Helina magnimaculata is a new subjective junior synonym of Myospila lenticeps .

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan); Japan; Sri Lanka; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; Nepal; Kiribati (Christmas Island); Madagascar; Principe.