sericea Westwood, 1876

Lampromyia sericea, Osten Sacken, 1883

Lampromyia argentata Bigot, 1885

Holotype: sex not indicated in orig. des., “ Damara Land ” [Damaraland], Namibia (SAMC). Dist.: widespread in south-western Cape. Known from Maanschijnkop Nature Reserve {34°23’S 19°20’E}; Skoorsteenkop, Hout Bay {34°01’S 18°22’3E}; Rex River {33°25’S 19°35’E}; Kleinmond Nature Reserve [34°20’S 19°00’E]; Stellenbosch [33°56’S 18°52’E]; Matroosberg, Ceres Division {33°25’S 19°18’E}; Koue Bokkeveld, Ceres dist. {33°05’S 19°24’E}; Witrivier, Bains Kloof {33°37’S 19°06’E}; Witzenberg Valley {33°19’S 19°29’E}; Rust en Vrede, near Oudtshoorn {33°23’S 22°21’E}; Rivierzonderend {34°06’S 19°54’E}; Oudebosch, French Hoek (Cape prov.) [33°55’S 19°07’E]; Bontebok NP, 7km S Swellendam (SW Cape) {34°04’S 20°28’E}; Op die Berg (Cape prov.) {33°01’S 19°18’E} / {32°46’S 19°16’E}.

Refs.: Westwood, 1876: 518 (des.); Osten Sacken, 1883: 296 (syn. proposal: Leptynoma as a subspecies of Lampromyia); Bigot 1885: 68 (des.) as a new species Lampromyia argentat a; Kertész, 1908: 298 (cat.) as Lampromyi a; Bezzi, 1926: 298 ––300 (redes. as Lampromyia); Engel & Gill, 1929: 149 ––152, 155––156, 158 (figs., larv. and pupae des.), 152––153 (larv. biol.) as Lampromyia; Engel, 1929: 173 (figs.) as Lampromyi a; Wheeler, 1930: 179, 254 (figs.), 260––261 (redes.), 261––264 (com. on larval morphology) as Lampromyia); Stuckenberg, 1960: 221, 232, 235 (figs.), 228 (key), 237 (diag.), 237––238 (redes.), 294––297 (biog. cons.), 295 (dist.) as Lampromyia; Majer, 1988: 35 (cat. as Lampromyia); Stuckenberg, 1996a: 250 (fig.), 249 (phyl.), 254 (key), 255 (dist.); Stuckenberg, 1998b: 173 (phyl.), 175 (dist.), 175––181 (biog. cons.); Nagatomi et al., 1999: 15 ––16 (cat.).

Remark: The holotype’s location was mentioned as “ Damara Land ” [Damaraland] in Westwood’s orig. des. However, this information is not confirmed in recent works, such as Stuckenberg (1996a, 1998b).