Argentine Philornis Meinert species (Diptera: Muscidae) with synonymic notes
Author
Couri, Márcia S.
Author
Antoniazzi, Leandro R.
Author
Beldomenico, Pablo
Author
Quiroga, Martin
text
Zootaxa
2009
2261
52
62
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190768
77b7cc97-1e75-4dd1-b0ba-3d26e853674d
1175-5326
190768
Philornis umanani
Garcia, 1952
Philornis umanani
Garcia, 1952
: 284
.
Holotype
male, lost (formerly in MSPBA?) Type-locality:
Argentina
, Corrientes.
Nomen dubium
.
Garcia’s (1952) original description is very general and does not allow the species to be recognised. Under the taxonomic discussion he mentioned that this species can be distinguished from the others by the brownorange colour of the abdomen.
As
no other morphological characters can be recognised in this species, together with the fact that intra-specific variation in colour has been already mentioned in the literature for other
Philornis
species (see
P
.
angustifrons
in Dodge & Aitken 1968 and
Couri 1984
), we consider this species to be unrecognisable and treat the name
P
.
umanani
Garcia
as a
nomen dubium
. The species was described from one female specimen, which has been lost along with the rest of Garcia’s material.