Tabanidae (Diptera) holotypes in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection: Part 1. Haematopota Meigen, 1803 Author Williams, Kirstin A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-6808 Natural Science Department, KwaZulu-Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa & Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa kwilliams@nmsa.org.za Author Snyman, Louwrens Pieter Durban Natural Science Museum, Durban, South Africa & Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa lokisnyman@gmail.com text African Invertebrates 2021 2021-12-07 62 2 485 495 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.76103 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.76103 2305-2562-2-485 9E50B8312AA7422581EB6C4AD5668780 787C2F08B6F15F96863CC22483DFF127 Haematopota spectabilis Oldroyd, 1952: 164 no figures. Holotype. South Africa • ♀; Cape Province [Northern Cape], Richmond, 24 November, 1916; Collector: G.A.H. Bedford; NMSA-Dip 051999; type number 365. Fig. 8A-D . Current status. Haematopota spectabilis Oldroyd, 1952; original combination. Remarks. The holotype was deposited at the then Onderstepoort Veterinary College. It is unclear how the specimen came to be in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection. There are five paratypes listed - none of these are in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection. One paratype is in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University ( Oldroyd 1952 , pers. comm. with the Museum of Comparative Zoology). The holotype is double-mounted to an orange plastic card. The specimen is in a good condition apart from the flagellum and tarsus of fore- and midleg missing. All the missing parts are on the left side of the specimen. Figure 9. Haematopota tropai holotype A dorsal B lateral C head D wing. Scale bars: 2 mm.