Haematopota diasi Travassos Dias, 1956: 7 figs 2 and 3.

Williams, Kirstin A. & Snyman, Louwrens Pieter, 2021, Tabanidae (Diptera) holotypes in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection: Part 1. Haematopota Meigen, 1803, African Invertebrates 62 (2), pp. 485-495 : 485

Haematopota diasi Travassos Dias, 1956: 7 figs 2 and 3.

Holotype.

South Africa • ♀; Transvaal [Gauteng], Bapsfontein, November 1954; NMSA-Dip 052069; type number 347. Fig. 2A-D .

Current Status.

Haematopota albihirta Karsch, 1877.

Remarks.

Pamela Usher identified the specimen as a synonym of Haematopota albihirta in 1962, although the synonomy was only published in 1972 ( Usher 1972). The collection date in the publication is recorded as September 1954, but the date on the specimen label is November 1954. The holotype was deposited in the collection at the SAIMR. Part of the fly collection of the SAIMR was donated to the Natal Museum (now KwaZulu-Natal Museum - NMSA) in 1983. There is no collector listed on the labels, but the publication lists Dr F. Zumpt as the collector. The condition of the specimen is fair. There is some damage to the wings. The head of this specimen is glued to a card which is pinned below the specimen. One complete antenna and one flagellum is missing. The tarsi of both forelegs and one of the hindlegs is missing.

Figures

Figure 2. Haematopota diasi holotype A dorsal B lateral C head D wing. Scale bars: 3 mm (A, C); 4 mm (B, D).