Musca Linnaeus, 1758

Sorokina, Vera S. & Pont, Adrian C., 2010, An annotated catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Siberia 2597, Zootaxa 2597 (1), pp. 1-87 : 27-29

Genus Musca Linnaeus, 1758

Musca Linnaeus, 1758: 589 . Type-species: Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 , by designation of I.C.Z.N., Opinion 82 (1925: 1–7).

Musca amita Hennig, 1964

Musca amita Hennig, 1964: 986 . Replacement name for Musca amica Zimin, 1951 .

Musca amica Zimin, 1951: 145 . (Junior primary homonym of Musca amica Linnaeus, 1771 .) Type-locality: Russia, many localities in West Siberia, East Siberia, Far East; and Mongolia. Syntypes 1♂ 1♀, ZIN ( Pont, 2004: 90), and 1♀, MZPW (seen).

Siberian records: Omsk, Minusinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Zabaykal’e [Transbaikalia], River Selenga and Nerchinsk ( Zimin, 1951: 146, syntype localities of amica ); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, Ishimskiy Rayon, Tobol’skiy Rayon, Omsk (300 km E of Bykovo), forest steppe and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 781); West Siberia, east of Tyumen’ from 69°E, Omsk ( Veselkin, 1972: 270); Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11); Kurganskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); near Biysk ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); valley of River Yenisey, forest steppe: Krasnoyarskiy Kray: Minusinsk, Shushenskoe; Respublika Tyva: Kyzyl, Cherbi and taiga: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 130); Respublika Tyva ( Tamarina & Khromova, 1980: 81); South of Respublika Tyva ( Pridantseva, 1959: 153); South Tyva, River Naryn-gol ( Pridantseva, 1967: 828); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 88).

General distribution: Ukraine, Russia (West Siberia, East Siberia, Far East), Mongolia, China (Xinjiang, Shanxi).

Musca autumnalis De Geer, 1776

Musca autumnalis De Geer, 1776: 83 . Type-locality: Sweden, Uppland, probably Lövsta district. Lectotype ♂, NHRS (designated by Persson, Pont & Michelsen, 1984: 92).

Siberian records: Middle and South Urals ( Zagrebin, 1989: 20; 1992: 60); Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Transural: Tyumenskaya and Kurganskaya Oblast’, north forest-steppe ( Domazkii, 1987: 223; Domazkii & Veselkin, 1989: 17); Chelyabinsk ( Hennig, 1964: 991); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74, 75); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 443); Tyumen’ and Omsk, as far north as 68°N ( Veselkin, 1972: 270); Tyumen’ ( Veselkin, 1979: 6); Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11); Kurganskaya, Tomskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); near Biysk and Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); Siberia ( Malloch, 1925a: 373); West Siberia ( Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 590; Pont, 1986a: 88).

General distribution: Holarctic Region; in the Palaearctic, from Europe east to China, and north-west parts of the Oriental Region.

Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758

Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758: 596 . Type-locality: Europe and “America”. Syntypes,?sex, not located, not in LSUK ( Pont, 1981a: 168).

Siberian records: Yugorskiy poluostrov [Yugor Peninsula], Amderma, arctic tundra ( Chernov, 1959: 580); Vaygach Island, Yugorskiy Peninsula, West Taymyr (River Agapa), Anabar Bay, arctic tundra ( Chernov, 1965: 75); Yamalo-Nenezkiy AO: Labytnangi, Muzhi ( Gagarin & Veselkin, 1987: 215); Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Transural: Tyumenskaya and Kurganskaya Oblast’, north forest-steppe ( Domazkii, 1987: 223, 1992: 33; Domazkii & Veselkin, 1989: 17); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74, 75); West Siberia, Tyumen’ to Omsk, as far north as 60ºN ( Veselkin, 1972: 270); Kurgan ( Loginovskiy, 1963: 563); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 787); Tyumenskaya, Tomskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); Omsk ( Kertész, 1901: 186); near Biysk and Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Tomsk ( Wnukowsky, 1936: 123); Port Baykal near Irkutsk ( Draber-Moṅko, 1966: 7); Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Verchoyansk, Bagatay, Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg, Tommot ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 148); Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya], arctic tundras ( Chernov, 1961: 36); valley of River Yenisey, forest steppe: Krasnoyarskiy Kray (Minusinsk, Shushenskoe), Respublika Tyva (Kyzyl, Cherbi), taiga: Krasnoyarsk, Yeniseysk, northern taiga: Turukhansk, Verkhneimbatskoe, Yarzevo, Vorogovo, Kureyka, Igarka, forest tundra: Dudinka, Noril’sk and tundra: Ust’-Port, Karaul, Voronzovo ( Sychevskaya, 1974: 130); cosmopolitan ( Zimin, 1951: 105; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 588); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 90).

General distribution: Cosmopolitan.

Musca larvipara Portschinsky, 1910

Musca larvipara Portchinsky, 1910: 29 . Type-locality: Russia, “in most of southern and south-eastern Russia ”. Lectotype ♂ [without locality], ZIN (designated by Pont, 2004: 78).

Siberian records: Middle and South Urals ( Zagrebin, 1992: 60); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74, 75); West Siberia, Tyumen’ and Omsk ( Veselkin, 1972: 270–271); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 787); Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11); Kurganskaya, Omskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Karasukskiy Rayon, forest-steppe ( Sorokina, 2008: 163); near Biysk and Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Altay ( Sorokina, 2006b: 139); West Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 90).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe to China.

Musca osiris Wiedemann, 1830

Musca osiris Wiedemann, 1830: 420 , nomen protectum. Type-locality: Egypt. Lectotype ♂, NMW (designated by Pont, 1986b: 251).

Plaxemya sugillatrix Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830: 392 , nomen oblitum. Type-locality: France, Saint-Sauveur. Holotype / syntypes, formerly in Robineau-Desvoidy collection, now destroyed (not MNHN).

Syn: vitripennis of authors (misidentifications), not Meigen, 1826

Siberian record: Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11, as vitripennis ).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, from Europe east to Tajikistan.

Comment. The publication dates for two seminal works on Diptera from 1830 have now been established as: Robineau-Desvoidy, 6 June 1830 ( Evenhuis et al., 2010: 217, 225), and Wiedemann, 1 September 1830 ( Evenhuis, 1997: 821). The name P. sugillatrix Robineau-Desvoidy , previously placed in synonymy with M. osiris Wiedemann , should therefore replace M. osiris , but, following the principle of Reversal of Precedence as defined in Article 23.9 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999), we are maintaining prevailing usage by retaining Musca osiris as a nomen protectum and rejecting Plaxemya sugillatrix as a nomen oblitum, for the following reasons:

Plaxemya sugillatrix , as the senior synonym, has not been used as a valid name since it was described by Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830;

Musca osiris has been used as the valid name for this taxon of the genus Musca in at least 25 works, published by over 10 authors in the last 50 years and encompassing a span of not less than 10 years. A selection of these is as follows (listed chronologically): Pont (1986a); Franz (1989); Draber-Moṅko (1991); Mihályi (1993); Rognes (1994); Pont (1995b, c); Danielzik (1997); Gregor (1997); Chandler (1998); Pont & Merz (1998); Ebejer & Gatt (1999); Kohoutová (1999); Melic & Blasco-Zumeta (1999); Teschner (1999); Papp (2001); Gregor et al. (2002); Prijs (2002); Gregor et al. (2005); Pont, Werner & Kachvoryan (2005); Pont & Báez (2002); Lavčiev (2003); Shinonaga (2007); Pont (2009); Raffone (2009).

Musca tempestiva Fallén, 1817

Musca tempestiva Fallén, 1817: 254 . Type-locality: Sweden, Skåne, near Kivik. Lectotype ♂, NHRS (designated by Pont, 1984b: 294).

Siberian records: Siberia to Zabaykal’e [Transbaikalia] ( Zimin, 1951: 131; Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 588); Middle and South Urals ( Zagrebin, 1992: 59); Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74, 75); south part of Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 787); Kurganskaya Oblast’ ( Veselkin, 1989: 11); Kurganskaya, Tyumenskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); Omsk ( Kertész, 1901: 186); Novosibirskaya Oblast’, Karasukskiy Rayon, forest-steppe ( Sorokina, 2008: 163); near Biysk and Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); Respublika Tyva ( Tamarina & Khromova, 1980: 81); South of Respublika Tyva ( Pridantseva, 1959: 153); South Tyva, River Naryn-gol ( Pridantseva, 1967: 828); Respublika Sakha [Yakutiya]: Verchoyansk, Bagatay, Yakutsk, Khomustakh nasleg, Tommot ( Sychevskaya, 1972: 149); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 92).

General distribution: Throughout the Palaearctic Region and including parts of the Oriental Region (Kashmir, China) and probably Afrotropical Region.

Musca vitripennis Meigen, 1826

Musca vitripennis Meigen, 1826: 73 . Type-locality: France, Seine-et-Marne, Fontainebleau. Holotype ♂, MNHN ( Pont, 1986b: 250).

Syn: osiris of authors (misidentifications), not Wiedemann, 1830

Siberian records: Middle and South Urals ( Zagrebin, 1992: 60); East of the Urals ( Zimin & El’berg, 1970: 588); Sverdlovskaya Oblast’: Serov, Krasnoufimsk, Talizy, Verkhovino ( Zagrebin, 1987a: 231); Chelyabinskaya Oblast’, Troizkiy Rayon ( Kutuzova, 1993: 74, 75); Tyumenskaya Oblast’, forest steppe, subtaiga and southern taiga ( Veselkin, 1966: 787); Kurganskaya and Novosibirskaya Oblast’ ( Sorokina, 2006a: 226); near Biysk and Altay Mts ( Sychevskaya, 1978: 82); West and East Siberia ( Pont, 1986a: 93).

General distribution: Palaearctic Region, Europe to China, and including the north-west of the Oriental Region.