Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kozlovi ( Rohdendorf, 1937 )

Whitmore, Daniel, 2011, New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species, Zootaxa 2778, pp. 1-57 : 37-38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.201885
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6185049
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scientific name	Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kozlovi ( Rohdendorf, 1937 )
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Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) kozlovi ( Rohdendorf, 1937) View in CoL

Pierretia (Eupierretia) kozlovi Rohdendorf, 1937: 382 View in CoL .

Heteronychia (Eupierretia) helanshanensis Han, Zhao & Ye, 1985: 76 View in CoL , syn. nov.

Type material examined. Pierretia (Eupierretia) kozlovi : Holotype 3: 17 / 0 3 // [transliterated from Cyrillic] Tszosto / Alashan. hr. Gobi [= China, Neimenggu, Helan Shan] / Kozlov 23.V. 908 // Kozlovi // [red label] Paratypus 1937 / Heteronychia / Kozlovi Rohdendorf // [red label] Holotype 3 / Heteronychia / (Eupierretia) / kozlovi / Rohdendorf, 1937 / det. D. Whitmore 2007 ( ZIN) [holotype in relatively good condition, somewhat greasy and with both hind legs missing] and corresponding slide with terminalia: [small label included in Canada balsam] 17 / 0 3 // [handwritten directly on glass] Pierretia / (Eupierretia) / Kozlovi / Typus / Rohdendorf / 1935 // [red label glued to slide] Holotype 3 / Heteronychia / (Eupierretia) / kozlovi / Rohdendorf, 1937 / det. D. Whitmore 2007 ( ZIN). Paratype 3: [ China, Neimenggu] Alashan [= Helan Shan], Yamata, 5–6.V.1908, Kozlov leg. ( ZIN).

Remarks. Han et al. (1985) based their description of Heteronychia helanshanensis upon the holotype 3 and 7 male paratypes from the Helan Shan in Ningxia ( China); the holotype is deposited at AMMN. I was unable to examine the holotype, but differences between Heteronychia helanshanensis and H. kozlovi highlighted by Han et al. (1985: 78) appear to be based partly on an insufficient knowledge of S. (H.) kozlovi , and partly on character states that do not justify the description of a new species. On this basis, after comparing original illustrations of H. helanshanensis ( Han et al. 1985: 76, figs 1–3) with the holotype of S. (H.) kozlovi , and considering their common origin from the Helan Shan (Neimenggu and Ningxia, China), I propose the above new synonymy.