World Catalogue of the family Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae) Author Macgowan, Iain text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-26 5307 1 1 96 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5307.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5307.1.1 1175-5326 8081031 AC1238E1-5C2B-4245-8DBD-00FD47533C43 smaragdi ( Walker, 1849 ) : List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum , 4: 1098 ( Notiphila ). Type locality: ( Sierra Leone ). Lectotype Ô NHMUK010210029 BMNH . Distribution : Australasian-Oceanian ( Australia , Queensland ), Afrotropical (widespread), Palearctic ( Mediterranean areas), Nearctic (western USA as introduction). Records from Fiji removed by MacGowan 2014c: 549 . Combination by McAlpine 1980: 631 . Lectotype designated by J.F. McAlpine by label on specimen pin. Note 24 . aurea ( Macquart, 1851: 273 ) ( Lonchaea ) . Type locality: “ Africa ” ( Mauritius in MNHN database). HT Ô MNHN-ED-ED696. Synonymy by McAlpine 1980: 631 . splendida ( Loew, 1873: 292 ) ( Lonchaea ) . Type localities: Sicily ( Italy ) and Corfu ( Greece ). Type localities: Sicily ( Italy ) and Corfu ( Greece ). Synonymy by McAlpine 1980: 631 . cuprea ( Becker, 1908: 131 ) ( Lonchaea ) . Type locality: Canary Islands ( Spain ). Synonymy by McAlpine 1980 : 631.