Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) curvifemoralis ( Li, 1980 )

Whitmore, Daniel, 2011, New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 2778, pp. 1-57 : 26

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) curvifemoralis ( Li, 1980)

Heteronychia (Eupierretia) curvifemoralis Li, 1980: 276 .

Heteronychia (Eupierretia) spatulifera Chen & Lu in Wang et al., 1981: 256, syn. nov.

Material examined. China, Guizhou prov., Guanling, Huajiang, 28.VII.2005, D. Avesani leg., 1 3 (CNBFVR).

Remarks. Heteronychia curvifemoralis was described from a single specimen from Ebian (Sichuan, China), deposited at SIMC ( Li 1980: 277), whereas H. spatulifera was described based on the holotype 3 and 6 male paratypes, all deposited at IEAS ( Wang et al. 1981: 257–258). Although I did not examine either of the holotypes, the above synonymy is supported by the highly apomorphic shape of the distiphallus coupled with the poor detail of character states suggested by Chen and Lu (in Wang et al. 1981: 258) to distinguish their newly described species from H. curvifemoralis .