Haematopota megaera Usher, 1965: 56 figs 8c, d and 9b.

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

Haematopota megaera Usher, 1965: 56 figs 8c, d and 9b.

Holotype.

South Africa • ♀; Eastern Cape, Karreedouw Mountains, west of Humansdorp, 14 October 1959; Collectors: B & P Stuckenberg; NMSA-Dip 052812; type number 1897. Fig. 3A-D .

Current status.

Haematopota megaera Usher, 1965; original combination.

Remarks.

The publication lists seven female paratypes with the same collecting information in the Natal Museum (now KwaZulu-Natal Museum - NMSA) collection. No paratypes of this species were found in the collection. There are only two other specimens of this species in the collection also from the Humansdorp area from 1965. The holotype is in good condition.

Figures

Figure 3. Haematopota megaera holotype A dorsal B lateral C head D - wing. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 2 mm (B, D); 1 mm (C).