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 blanchardi Garcia, 1952 Philornis blanchardi Garcia, 1952 : 289 . Holotype female, lost (formerly in MSPBA?). Type-locality: Argentina , Corrientes. This species is known only from the original description and has never again been identified in material from Argentina . The description was based on one female (referred to as male by mistake in Carvalho et al . 2005 ) from Corrientes province (locality not specified). According to the description, this is the only Argentine Philornis species with black-haired cheeks and dark brown postpedicel and so could be a recognisable species. As with all Garcia’s material, the type is considered lost. The following diagnosis (from Garcia 1952 ) could help further identification (length of adult not mentioned): fronto-orbital plate and gena with golden pollinosity; antenna with scape and pedicel dark yellow; postpedicel dark brown; palpus light brown; cheek black haired; scutum brown with grayish pollinosity and with four brown vittae; legs with femora yellowish and tibiae brownish; wings hyaline with no dark marks; abdomen shiny brown; hind tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae on middle third, anteroventral surface with 2 fine setae. Larval habits and host association unknown. Since the type is considered lost, a neotype should be designated if this species is recognised in new material. We do not discount the possibility that this nominal species is the same as a known species, as Garcia (1952) himself mentioned.