Neomyia coeruleifrons, Macquart, 1851

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 55

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coeruleifrons Macquart, 1851 View in CoL , Lucilia

Lucilia coeruleifrons Macquart, 1851b: 221 ( 1851d: 248) . Lectotype ♀, “Java. Collection de M. Bigot.” (Java), by designation of Emden (1965: 128), in BMNH.

MATERIAL. — Described from both sexes from material in Bigot’s collection, and the syntypes are in that part of the collection now in the BMNH. Emden (1965: 128) designated one of the ♀♀ syntypes as lectotype in order to fix the identity of the name and to use it for an Oriental species of Orthellia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (now Neomyia Walker, 1859 ). Brauer (1899: 525) had briefly studied the syntypes, but they were studied in more detail by Aubertin (1932: 141, 144; 1933: 428), who recognized that they belonged to two distinct species of Neomyia . The lectotype is in good condition, with the left mid tibia + tarsus and right hind leg missing. It has no Macquart label, but stands over Bigot’s cabinet label “ S. coeruleifrons . ♂ [and ♀.] / Lucilia . id. M. / Java. Molucc. Macq.”. A further 6 ♂♂ and 4 ♀♀ syntypes have been located in the BMNH, and have been labelled as paralectotypes.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Neomyia coeruleifrons is a good species of Neomyia Walker ( Emden 1965: 120, 127, as Orthellia ). Of the 10 paralectotypes, 1 ♀ is conspecific with the lectotype, whilst 6 ♂♂ and 3 ♀♀ belong to Neomyia timorensis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) . One of these “ timorensis ” ♀♀ has Macquart’s label “ Lucilia / coeruleifrons / ♀. Macq. n. sp.”.

References

AUBERTIN D. 1932. - Notes on certain species of the genus Orthellia, with description of one new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 11: 139 - 144.

BRAUER F. 1899. - Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Muscaria schizometopa. Bemerkungen zu den Originalexemplaren der von Bigot, Macquart und Robineau- Desvoidy beschriebenen Muscaria schizometopa aus der Sammlung des Herrn G. H. Verrall. Dritte Folge. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Wien 108: 495 - 529.

EMDEN F. I. VAN 1965. - The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Diptera, 7, Muscidae, part 1. Government of India, Delhi, xiv + 647 p.

MACQUART P. J. M. 1851 b. - Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4 e supplement publie dans les memoires de 1849 [concl.]. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences, de l'Agriculture et des Arts a Lille 1850: 134 - 294. [Published 5. iv. 1851: see Evenhuis 1997: 514. The contents are as follows: pages 134 - 282, text; pages 283 - 289, legends to plates; pages 290 - 294, index to genera and species of this part.]

MACQUART P. J. M. 1851 d. - Dipteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Suite du 4 e supplement publie dans les memoires de 1849. [concl.] N. E. Roret, Paris, 364 p. [Published 31. xii. 1851: see Evenhuis 1997: 514. This is a reprint of 1850 a and 1851 b, i. e. the two parts of the 4 th supplement combined into a single volume. The contents are as follows: pages 5 - 309, text; pages 311 - 323, legends to plates; pages 324 - 336, index to genera and species of the two parts of this supplement, i. e. the indices of 1850 a and 1851 b are combined into one; pages 337 - 364, index to genera and species described in the first two volumes of the series and in the four supplements, which is not in the original journal.]