Haematopota Meigen, 1803

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

Genus Haematopota Meigen, 1803

Haematopota anomala Travassos Dias, 1956: 24 figs 11 and 12.

Holotype.

South Africa • ♀; [Mpumalanga] Sabie River, Kaapmuiden, February 1954; NMSA-Dip 050365; type number 349. Fig. 1A-D .

Current Status.

Haematopota anomala Travassos Dias, 1956; original combination.

Remarks.

The holotype was deposited in the collection at the South Africa Institute for Medical Research (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 indicated on the label, but in the publication Dr F. Zumpt is identified as the collector. There are no other specimens of this species in the collection. The condition of the specimen is fair. The head lacks both antennae and is glued to a card which is pinned below the specimen.

Figures

Figure 1. Haematopota anomala holotype A dorsal B lateral C head D wing. Scale bars: 2 mm.