New synonymies and new combinations of Muscidae from China (Diptera, Muscoidea)
Author
Wang, Ming-Fu
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ZooKeys
2013
290
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.290.4811
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.290.4811
1313-2970-290-31
Myospila lenticeps (Thomson, 1869)
Helina magnimaculata
Feng in Deng and Feng, 1995: 140;
Xue et al. 2005
: 39;
Xue and Wang 2006
: 176. Syn. n.
Remarks.
There are more than fifty species of the genus
Myospila
found in China. The species magnimaculata, previously assigned to
Helina
, is in my opinion a
Myospila
due to the following characters: vein M distinctly curved forward at tip; cerci slender and the morphology of genitalia. At the same time, I consider it to be a synonym of
Myospila lenticeps
for these other reasons: scutum with 4 dc; costal spine short but distinct; most part of thorax brown with dense light yellow pollinosity and vein R4+5 with fine hairs on the basal part in ventral view. Consequently,
Helina magnimaculata
is a new subjective junior synonym of
Myospila lenticeps
.
Distribution.
China (Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan); Japan; Sri Lanka; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; Nepal; Kiribati (Christmas Island); Madagascar; Principe.