Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) mutila Villeneuve, 1912

Whitmore, Daniel, 2011, New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 2778, pp. 1-57 : 43

Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) mutila Villeneuve, 1912

Sarcophaga setinervis var. mutila Villeneuve, 1912b: 611 . Heteronychia (Boettcherella) nedelkoffi Lehrer, 1977b: 32 . Boettcherella galmuda Lehrer, 1998b: 90 (see Pape 2004a).

Type material examined. Sarcophaga setinervis var. mutila : Lectotype 3, herewith designated to fix unambiguously the identity of the nominal species and thus promote nomenclatural stability: Cyprus / Larnaka / Glaszner [/] 1900 / V. 10. // setinervis / var. mutila / Villen. // Coll. L. Villeneuve // Sarcophaga / setinervis / mutila Vill. [handwritten]/ R.M.H.N. Belg. 15.392 [typewritten] // LECTOTYPE 3/ Sarcophaga / setinervis / var. mutila / Villeneuve, 1912 / det. D. Whitmore 2007 ( IRSNB) [lectotype in good condition, with a broken left wing and terminalia extended]. Paralectotypes: 1 3: S. Ungarn, 61641.V [carrying original Villeneuve identification label] ( ZMHB) [conspecific with the lectotype]; 1 Ƥ: S. Ungarn, 61651.V ( ZMHB) [not dissected and left unidentified].

Remarks. Villeneuve (1912b) based his description of Sarcophaga setinervis var. mutila upon an unspecified number of males and females from Hungary, Cyprus and “Asie mineure”. I consider the two males and the female listed above as constituting part of the type series. The specimen from Cyprus, which carries an original Villeneuve identification label and was found in Villeneuve’s collection at IRSNB, is selected as the lectotype.

Heteronychia (Boettcherella) nedelkoffi : Holotype 3 [two slides with just the terminalia; rest of holotype not found in SOFM (A. Popov, pers. comm. 2007)]: [first slide] Heteronychia / ( Boettcherella ) / nedelkoffi n. sp. / LEHRER // Holotypus / Sternite V / [ Bulgaria] Sliven: VII; [second slide] Heteronychia / ( Boettcherella ) / nedelkoffi n. sp. / LEHRER // Holotypus / Genitalia / Sliven: VII ( SOFM).

Additional material examined. Bulgaria: Albena, VII–VIII.1972, M. Barták leg., 1 3 ( ZMUC). Croatia: Krk, Glavotok, 12–15.VII.2003, T. Pape leg., 1 3 ( NHRS); Pag, VII.1934, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 ( USNM). Cyprus: Larnaka district, X.1982, R. Engelmark leg., 4 3 ( NHRS). Greece: Skotina, 28.V.1992, D. Povolný leg., 1 3 ( MMBC). Hungary: Pest County, Örkeny, 26.IV.2003, T. Pape leg., 1 3 ( NHRS). Italy (new country record): Apulia, Gargano, M.te S. Angelo, 800m, 29.VII.1995, B. Merz leg., 1 3 ( NHRS). Serbia: Deliblato National Park, 22.VIII.1983, 3 3 ( ZMUC); Golubac, V.1924, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 ( USNM); same locality, V.1928, N. Baranov leg., 2 3 ( USNM); same locality, E. IV.1935, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 ( USNM); same locality, 17.IX.1935, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 ( USNM); Topcider, 23.IX.1923, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 ( USNM). Slovakia: Kalvária, 22.VIII.1989, D. Povolný leg., 2 3 ( MMBC). Turkey: Konya prov., Sarikiz, NE Hatunsaray, 22.IV.2001, C. Lange & J. Ziegler leg., 2 3 ( NHRS). Ukraine: Crimea, 30.VII.1960, 1 3 ( MMBC); Zaporizhia reg., Kyrylivka, 16.VIII.1997, Yu.G. Verves leg., 1 3 ( YVC).

Remark. I agree with the synonymy of Boettcherella galmuda with Sarcophaga (H.) mutila proposed by Pape (2004a).