Anthomyia propinqua, Macquart, 1851

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 80-81

propinqua Macquart, 1851 , Anthomyia

Anthomyia propinqua Macquart, 1851b: 241 ( 1851d: 268) , pl. 24, fig.13. Lectotype ♂, “Amérique.Muséum.” (actually USA, New York), by present designation, in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♂ syntype in MNHN, under no. 1199 of the Macquart collection. It has the accession no. 2367.41, which refers to a collection from New York sent by Mr Harper. Séguy (1938: 120) has also given the locality as New York.It is labelled by Macquart “ Anthomyia / propinqua / ♂. Macq. n. sp.”. It is rather mouldy, with left foreleg missing, but otherwise in good condition. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype. With the lectotype there are 2 ♀♀, but as Macquart only described the ♂, they cannot be syntypes. One has the accession no. 2367.41, like the lectotype. The second has the number 9576.34, which refers to a d’Orbigny locality in Patagonia.

CURRENT IDENTITY. — The name A. propinqua was included by Stein (1919: 154) in Chortophila Macquart,

1835, but was correctly recognized by Séguy (1937: 173; 1938: 120) as a junior synonym of Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794) . This synonymy was overlooked by Hennig (1955-1964) and Chillcott (1961), but was included by Huckett (1965b: 897). According to my own study of the lectotype, this synonymy is correct. The Patagonian ♀ belongs to Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 .