Haematopota spectabilis Oldroyd, 1952: 164 no figures.

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 spectabilis Oldroyd, 1952: 164 no figures.

Holotype.

South Africa • ♀; Cape Province [Northern Cape], Richmond, 24 November, 1916; Collector: G.A.H. Bedford; NMSA-Dip 051999; type number 365. Fig. 8A-D .

Current status.

Haematopota spectabilis Oldroyd, 1952; original combination.

Remarks.

The holotype was deposited at the then Onderstepoort Veterinary College. It is unclear how the specimen came to be in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection. There are five paratypes listed - none of these are in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection. One paratype is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University ( Oldroyd 1952, pers. comm. with the Museum of Comparative Zoology). The holotype is double-mounted to an orange plastic card. The specimen is in a good condition apart from the flagellum and tarsus of fore- and midleg missing. All the missing parts are on the left side of the specimen.

Figures

Figure 8. Haematopota spectablilis holotype A dorsal B lateral C head D wing. Scale bars: 3 mm.