Morellia violacea, Macquart, 1834

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 94

violacea Macquart, 1834 , Lucilia

Lucilia violacea Macquart, 1834a: 31 ( 1834b: 167) (junior secondary homonym in Pyrellia of Pyrellia violacea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ). Lectotype ♀, “environs de Lille” ( France, Lille area), by present designation, in MHNL (also described as a new species in Macquart 1835: 258, “du nord de la France ”).

MATERIAL. — There is one syntype extant, in box G of the Macquart collection in MHNL, though Hennig (1963d: 952, 953) reported that in response to his enquiries no types could be found. It is a fragment, evidently a ♀, lacking head and abdomen. The drawer label reads “P. / violacea. / Macq. Lille.”. I have labelled it and designate it herewith as lectotype. CURRENT IDENTITY. — Séguy (1937: 399) identified Lucilia violacea as Pyrellia serena (Meigen, 1826) (now called Pyrellia rapax (Harris, 1780)) , whilst Hennig (1963d: 952) synonymized it with some hesitation with Eudasyphora cyanicolor (Zetterstedt, 1845) . The lectotype has an entirely shining scutum, and Lucilia violacea is a junior synonym of Pyrellia vivida Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 ( Pont 1986b: 103) .