The purpose of the present application, under Article 75.5 of the Code, is to conserve the name Lucilia purpurascens (Walker, 1836) in its accustomed usage for a common Neotropical blow fly by setting aside the existing unidentifiable female holotype and replacing it with a male neotype.
Musca purpurascens Walker, 1836 (Insecta, Diptera, calliphoridae): proposed conservation of prevailing usage of name by setting aside the unidentifiable female holotype and replacing it with a male neotype," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 71(3), 166-169, (1 September 2014). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v71i3.a15
