Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909

Vikhrev, Nikita E., 2021, Lispe (Diptera, Muscidae) of Africa, Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (3), pp. 369-400 : 378

Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909

Lispe silvai Paterson, 1953 , syn. nov.

Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909 ( Pont 1991; Zhang et al. 2016: 55–57 and figs 1E, 2C, 3E, 14–16, 30C, 31I, J; Vikhrev 2020: fig. 17)

Material examined: see Vikhrev (2020), about 140 ♂ and ♀ from: Cambodia; India: Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat states; Indonesia, Papua prov. ; Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah state ; Taiwan; Thailand: Chonburi and Phuket prov. ; Tanzania: Lindi, Mtwara and Pwani regions .

New record: EGYPT, Sinai, Al-Bardawil (≈ 31.1 ° N 33.3 ° E), 25 July 1967, Margalit, 1♀ ( TAUI) .

Distribution. A Palaeotropical species, widespread near seashores in Africa, Asia and New Guinea. African records are from Egypt, Mozambique, Tanzania (Lindi, Mtwara and Pwani regions).

Synonymy. The detailed Paterson’s description leaves no doubt in the true identity of L. silvai , cercal plate and sternite 5 as follows from the drawings ( Paterson 1953: figs 8, 9) fit too. The type locality is Lourenсo Marques (= Maputo, 26.0 ° S 32.5 ° E), river bank. It is not a freshwater river but a saltish Estuario do Espírito Santo, a common estuary of Tembe, Umbeluzi, Matola and Infulene Rivers. Such places are typical habitats of L. flavicornis . So, Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909 = Lispe silvai Paterson, 1953 , syn. nov.