Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) porrecta Böttcher, 1913

Sarcophaga porrecta Böttcher, 1913c: 361 .

Heteronychia (Eupierretia) bulgariensis Lehrer, 1977b: 29 .

Type material examined. Sarcophaga porrecta: Lectotype 3, herewith designated to fix unambiguously the identity of the nominal species and thus promote nomenclatural stability: Mori [Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige] / 7.IV.90 // S. porrecta / Type Böttcher / 3 // G. Böttcher (SMF) [lectotype in perfect condition with terminalia extended]. Paralectotypes: 1 3: Bozen [Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige], 7.7.11 (SMF); 1 3: Trieste [Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia], Czerny leg. (SMF); 1 3: Trieste, Graeffe leg. (SMF); 1 Ƥ: Bozen, 10.7.11 (SMF) [all conspecific with the lectotype].

Remarks. Böttcher (1913c: 362) based his description of Sarcophaga porrecta on an unspecified number of males and one female from South Tirol (Bolzano), “Nord-Italien (Umgebung des Gardasees)” and Trieste (Italy), without designating a holotype. The specimens listed above, found in Böttcher’s collection in SMF under the heading label “ porrecta Böttcher ” (pinned to the floor of the box), are considered to constitute part if not all of the type series. The lectotype was chosen for its overall very good state of conservation, and corresponds to Sarcophaga (H.) porrecta as treated by Povolný and Slamečková (1979) and Povolný and Verves (1997).

Heteronychia (Eupierretia) bulgariensis: Holotype 3 [three slides with just the terminalia; rest of holotype not found in SOFM (A. Popov, pers. comm. 2007)]: [first slide] Heteronychia / (Eupierretia) / bulgariensis n. sp. / LEHRER // Holotypus / Sternite V / [Bulgaria] Kostenec: 10.07.1950; [second slide] Heteronychia / (Eupierretia) / bulgariensis n. sp. / LEHRER // Holotypus / Cerci / Kostenec: 10.07.1950; [third slide] Heteronychia / (Eupierretia) / bulgariensis n. sp. / LEHRER // Holotypus / Phallosoma / Kostenec: 10.07.1950 n (SOFM).

Additional material examined. Croatia: Krapina, 6.VIII.1930, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 (USNM); same locality [no date], N. Baranov leg., 1 3 (USNM); Zagreb, 7.VIII.1929, N. Baranov leg., 1 3 (USNM); same locality, 20.V.1931, N. Baranov leg., 12 3 (USNM); same locality, 24.V.1932, N. Baranov leg., 3 3, 4 ƤƤ (USNM). Greece: Makhedonia/Thessalia, Olympos, 700–2100m, 21–26.V.1990, 1 3 (ZMUC); same locality, 8.IX.1992, D. Povolný leg., 4 3 (MMBC); same locality, 26.VIII.1993, D. Povolný leg., 10 3 (MMBC); same locality, above Prionia, 8.VI.2002, E. Kameneva & V. Korneyev leg., 1 3 (NHRS); Pindos, Aoos, 16–17.VI.1991, 5 3 (MMBC). Italy: Venetia, Verona prov., Monte Pastello, 2.IX.2006, D. Whitmore & P. Cerretti leg., 1 3 (CNBFVR).

Remarks. The synonymy of Heteronychia bulgariensis with Sarcophaga porrecta was first recognized by Verves (1986). I am able to fully confirm this synonymy after direct comparison of name-bearing types.