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 montisdraconis Usher, 1965: 58 fig. 10a-d. Holotype. South Africa • ♀; Eastern Cape, Naude's Nek; NMSA-Dip 052789; type number 1896. Figs 5A-D & I -IV. Current status. Haematopota montisdraconis Usher, 1965; original combination. Remarks. The holotype label does not contain a date or collector. In the publication, four paratypes are listed as having the same collecting information. Two of the paratypes have labels stating "Naudes Nek [sic], Barkly East District, Eastern Cape Province, 2350 - 2525 m, 19 Jan 1963// Collectors: B & P Stuckenberg". It is therefore assumed that this information is the same for the holotype. The holotype and paratypes all have type labels with the name " Haematopota dracomontana , Usher" which is assumed to be the name Usher assigned before she published it as Haematopota montisdraconis . The four paratypes - two male and two female - listed in the publication are in the KwaZulu-Natal Museum collection. The specimen is in poor condition. The head lacks both antennae and is glued to a card pinned below the specimen. A piece of one of the wings is also glued to the card and the remainder of the wing is missing. The two male paratypes are in good condition (NMSA-DIP 136319, NMSA-DIP 052768) - one is missing the ends of its flagellum (NMSA-DIP 052768). The head of one of the female paratypes is glued to a card pinned below the specimen (NMSA-DIP 136321) and the other specimen is in good condition (NMSA-DIP 136320).