Musca rufifrons, Macquart, 1843

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 85

rufifrons Macquart, 1843 , Musca

Musca rufifrons Macquart, 1843: 152 ( 1844: 309) (junior primary homonym of Musca rufifrons Fabricius, 1781 ). Lectotype ♀, “de Java. Muséum” (Java), by designation of Pont (1967: 188), in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♀ syntype in MNHN, under no. 702 of the Macquart collection. It is in poor condition: head, abdomen, left mid leg and right hind leg missing ; it is dirty, and the remaining legs are twisted. The labels include Macquart’s “ Musca / rufifrons”, and a label in Bosc’s hand “M. / n. Java.”. I have previously referred to it as the holotype ( Pont 1967: 188), and this statement has to be interpreted as lectotype designation by inference.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Musca rufifrons is a junior synonym of Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 ( Pont 1967: 188) .