Spilogaster amoenus, Macquart, 1851

Pont, Adrian C., 2012, Muscoidea (Fanniidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae) described by P. J. M. Macquart (Insecta, Diptera), Zoosystema 34 (1), pp. 39-111 : 47

amoenus Macquart, 1851 , Spilogaster

Spilogaster amoenus Macquart, 1851b: 234 ( 1851d: 261) , pl. 24, fig. 1. Lectotype ♀, “Île de France. M. Desjardins. Muséum.” ( Mauritius), by designation of Ackland (2001: 55), in MNHN.

MATERIAL. — There is 1 ♀ syntype under no. 989 of the Macquart collection in MNHN. It has been partly eaten by beetle pests, but what remains is in good condition with the setae and dusting intact. The right anterior pleura, sides and venter of the abdomen are eaten away ; right wing, left foretibia + tarsus, and all right legs missing. Labels include a dark green disc with “2901.40” on the reverse ( Mauritius, collector Desjardins), and Macquart’s label “ Spilogaster / amoenus. ♀ / Macq. n. sp.”. In 1998, I labelled it as lectotype, and the lectotype designation was formally published by Ackland (2001: 55) .

CURRENT IDENTITY. — Spilogaster amoenus belongs to the genus Anthomyia Meigen, 1803 . Anthomyia amoena is the correct name for a species well-known and widespread in the Afrotropical region, including the Malagasy subregion, and it has recently been fully described and illustrated by Ackland (2001: 55-61, figs 123-132).