Conops testacea Linnaeus 1767: 1006.
Locus typicus: “Europa australis, Ascanius” (the last element may refer to the collector or collection – see Clements et al. in prep.).
Type material: A single specimen stands under this name in the Linnaean collection held at BMNH (Box 23): 1 Ψ, labelled (1) “ testacea ex deper” and “ferruginea”, label verso “ 4 ”. [Specimen examined by DKC in September 1995].
Literature: Bańkowska (1979): Description, key; Chvála (1965): Description. key; Collin (1960): Diagnosis, key; Thompson (1997): Lectotype designation, taxonomic discussion; Clements et al. (in prep.) Application to conserve the name “ testacea ”.
= Myopa longirostris Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Myopa longirostris Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 243
Locus typicus: Not given (Carcel collection).
Type material: Lost.
Literature: Becker (1922): Synonymy with “ testacea L.”
= Myopa pictipennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Myopa pictipennis Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 243 -244
Locus typicus: Not given (Carcel collection).
Type material: Lost.
Literature: Kröber (1916): Synonymy with “ testacea L.”
= Myopa umbripennis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Myopa umbripennis Robineau-Desvoidy 1830: 243
Locus typicus: Not given (Dejean collection).
Type material: Lost.
Literature: Kröber (1916): Synonymy with “ testacea L.”
= Myopa japonica Kröber, 1916
Myopa testacea var. japonica Kröber 1916: 89
Locus typicus: “ Japan ”.
Lectotypus 1 Ψ: (1) “Roretz / 1876 / Japan ”; (2) “ Typus ” [red label]; (3) “ Myopa stigma [sic!] / var. japonica Krb. / O. Kröber det. 1914 ”; (4) “ Lectotypus / Myopa testacea / var. japonica Kröber, 1916 / des. Stuke 2002 ” [red label]. [The lectotype is in good condition, and is deposited at NHMW, where it was examined by JHS in 2002].
Paralectotype: A syntype, which according to the original description is most probably a Ψ, is also held at NHMW (Contreras-Lichtenberg in litt. 2002), but was not examined for the present study.
Literature: Stuke (2003 a): Lectotype designation, photograph of the lectotype, taxonomic discussion.
Other material: Austria: 1 Ψ (17.- 26.V. 1972, Leitha Gebirge, Donnerskirchen, leg. Wolschrijn, coll. ZMAN); Bulgaria: 1 ♂ (11.- 31.V. 1998, Pastra near Rila, ca. 850m, leg. Achterberg et al., coll. Amsterdam); Finland: 1 ♂ (03.VII. 2004, Inari, Kaunipää, leg. et coll. Kahanpää); 1 Ψ (15.VII. 2004, Ivalo Ort, 68 ° 39,42 'N, 027° 32,48 'E, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (02.VII. 2004, Sodankylä, Luono, leg. et coll. Kahanpää); 1 Ψ (04.VI. 2003, Espoo, Isotakkula, Pellonpiennar, leg. Väänänen, coll. Kahanpää); France: 1 ♂ (30.III. 1979, Béziers, Bessan, leg. Barkemeyer, coll. Claußen); 2 ♂♂ (17.V. 1992, Elsass, Mittelwald Dessenheim, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 ♂ (25.IV. 1991, Hte-Savoie, Bossy, Frangy, leg. Steffen, coll. Stuke); Great Britain: 1 ♂ (06.V. 1991, Nottingham Hill, Gloucestershire, leg. Iliff, coll. Clements); 1 ♂ (10.V. 1992, Bearse Farm, Gloucestershire, leg. Alexander, coll. Clements); 1 ♂ (08.V. 1994, Delcombe Wood, Dorset, leg. Parker, coll. Clements); 1 ♂ (17.IV. 1989, Maplehurst, Sussex, leg. Edwards, coll. Clements); 1 Ψ (17.V. 1992, Thorney Island, Sussex, leg. Edwards, coll. Clements); 1 ♂, 1 Ψ (20.V. 1978, Forset of Bere, Near Wickham, Botley Wood, Hampshire, pair in cop., leg. Else, coll. Clements); 1 ♂ (13.V. 1960, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire, leg. Arnold, coll. Clements); 1 Ψ (24.IV. 1965, Goring on Thames, Oxfordshire, leg. Arnold, coll. Clements); 1 ♂ (6.V. 1992, Crook Peak, Somerset, leg. Oates, coll. Clements); 1 ♂ (Wayland Wood, Norfolk, leg. Withers, coll. Clements); 1 Ψ (30.IV. 1997, Cwm Ogwr Fach, Glamorgan, Wales, leg. et coll. Clements); Germany: 1 Ψ (10.VI. 1992, Baden-Württemberg, Hochschwarzwald, Feldberggebiet, Toter Mann, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (24.V. 1992, Baden-Württemberg, Hochschwarzwald, Zastler Tal, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (20.IV. 1990, Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg, Schönberg, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (16.IV. 1993, Baden-Württemberg, Kaiserstuhl, Lilienthal, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (09.V. 1991, Baden-Württemberg, Kaiserstuhl, Badberg, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (07.V. 1993, Baden-Württemberg, Kaiserstuhl, Schehlingen, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (20.V. 1991, Baden-Württemberg, südliche Oberrheinebene, Umgebung Griessheim, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (24.V. 1991, Baden-Württemberg, südliche Oberrheinebene, Trockenaue Griessheim, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (17.V. 1997, ditto); 1 ♂ (27.V. 1991, Baden-Württemberg, Stromberg, Ochsenbach, Geigersberg, leg. Schmid-Egger, coll. Hauser); 1 Ψ (25.V. 2003, Berlin, Pankow, Blankenfelde, Old Botanical Gardens, leg. Esser, coll. Stuke); 2 ΨΨ (30.IV. 2001, Berlin, Grunewald, Kiesgrube Jagen 86, leg. Saure, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (03.V. 1990, Berlin, Forst Düppel, Böttcherberg, leg. Wolff, coll. Stuke); 1 ♂ (01.V. 2002, Berlin, Finkenkrug, leg. Esser, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (30.IV. 1994, Berlin, Gartenschule, 52 ° 26,6 'N, 13 ° 27,1 'E, on Taraxacum officinale, leg. et coll. Flügel); 1 ♂ (04.V. 1905, Berlin, Pichelsberg, leg. Oldenberg, coll. Hauser); 1 Ψ (1920-1921, Brandenburg, Priegnitz, Trieglitz, leg. Jaap, coll ZMHB); 1 ♂ (04.V. 1939, Brandenburg, Ruhlsdorf, leg. Zwick, coll. ZMHB); 1 ♂ (29.V. 1995, Brandenburg, Schiessstand 1.2km NE Greifenberg, leg. Blank, coll. Hauser); 1 ♂ (25.IV. 2004, Bremen, Rekumer Geest, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (25.IV. 2004, Bremen, Teiche W Neustädter Hafen, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 ♂ (22.III. 1997, Hamburg, Mellingburger Schleife, leg. Niebei-Lohmann, coll. Hauser); 1 ♂, 4 ΨΨ (24.IV. 1995, Hessen, Darmstadt, Truppenplatz between A 5 und A 67, leg. Geller-Grimm, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (08.V. 1902, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ganzlich, Torf, leg. Lange, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (22.IV. 1994, Rheinland-Pfalz, Wachenheim, Kemmersberg, leg. Niehuis, coll. Hauser); 1 Ψ (02.V. 2003, Sachsen-Anhalt, Goltewitz near Oranienbaum E Dessau, leg. Lange & Ziegler, coll. Stuke); 1 ♂ (01.V. 2003, Sachsen-Anhalt, Stromleitungsstrasse, Oranienbaum E Dessau, 60m, leg. Ziegler & Lange, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (07.V. 1990, Schleswig-Holstein, Bahnhof Büchen, leg. Wolff, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (02.V. 1997, Schleswig-Holstein, Büchen, Bundesgrenzschutz Übungsplatz, leg. van der Smissen, coll. Hauser); 1 Ψ (29.V. 1998, Schleswig-Holstein, Büchen Dorf, Sommerweg Fitzen, leg. van der Smissen, coll. Hauser); 1 ♂ (30.IV. 1998, Schleswig-Holstein, Flensburg Stadtgebiet, leg. Zachau, coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (14.V. 1996, Schleswig-Holstein, Meierwik NE Flensburg, leg. Barkemeyer, coll. Claußen); 1 ♂ (11.V. 2002, Schleswig-Holstein, Schlotfeld, leg. Lange, coll. Stuke); 1 ♂, 1 Ψ (16.V. 1903, ditto); 1 Ψ (30.IV. 1998, Schleswig-Holstein, Segrahn, Heideweg, leg. van der Smissen, coll. Hauser); Material listed by Stuke (2003 b) from Lower Saxony and Bremen (Germany) was also examined, but is not listed again here; Greece: 1 ♂ (01.V. 2000, Thraki, Rodopi, Mitrikou, Esmarida Lake, leg. W. van Steenis & Bakker, coll. W. van Steenis); 1 Ψ (09.IV. 2000, Volos, Platania, leg. et coll. Standfuss); Italy: 1 ♂ (21.VI. 1995, Martelltal, 2100-2250m, emergency hut, leg. Blank, coll. Hauser); 1 ♂ (28.VI. 1992, Vinschgau, Planailtal, leg. et coll. Stuke); Japan: 1 ♂ (29.IV. 1986, Honshu, Mt. Makuragi, Shimane Pref., leg. et coll. Maeta); Netherlands: 1 Ψ (12.- 17.V. 1992, Schonloër Strubben, leg. Delfos & Pronk, coll. RMNH); 1 ♂ (06.VII. 1995, Twello, Rijksstr.weg, leg. Wolschrijn, coll. ZMAN); Norway: 1 ♂ (22.V. 1984, Bø Huum, Filtvedt, leg. Midtgaard, coll. UMB); 1 Ψ (29.V. 1982, N Vay, Fledielford, Djupvik, Bi-Skog, leg. Johanssen, coll UMB); Spain: 1 ♂ (07.V. 1991, Albarracin, Valdevacar, leg. Wolschrijn, coll. ZMAN); Switzerland: 1 Ψ (25.VI. 1992, Maggia Tal, Lago del Sambuco, leg. et coll. Stuke); 1 Ψ (30.VI. 1992, Vinschgau, Langtaufertal, 1900-2100m, leg. et coll. Stuke); Tunisia: 1 Ψ (10.III. 1994, 10km ESE Maktar, 900m, leg. Oorschot & Rubbrecht, coll. ZMAN); Turkey: 1 Ψ (09.VI. 1989, Askale Erzurum, leg. et coll. Hayat); 1 Ψ (19.VI. 1991, Atatürk Ü., Erzurum, leg. et coll. Hayat); 1 ♂ (13. VI. 1996, Pasinler Erzurum, leg. Aslan, coll. Hayat).